In conclusion, a marriage between a single man and a single woman is not traditional, is not biblical, is not anything but the result of constant societal evolution. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
For a club that has been slow to keep up with overall societal evolution, this is tremendous progress. (si.com)
Consequently, one may speak of «bureaucratization» as a master trend in societal evolution and yet recognize that the specific manifestations of this trend in religious hierarchies and in government agencies may be quite different. (religion-online.org)