It appears that because divorce is such a frequent occurrence, many couples are simply
opting out of marriage.
Men are
opting out of marriage for good reason — marriage is a toxic environment for men, and when it goes south she leaves and gets cash and prizes and he gets the blame for it not working.
I have read that in Japan and the UK, the number of men
opting out of marriage has risen high enough to get the attention of the otherwise oblivious politicians.
Many take the easy way out and
opt out of a marriage as soon as the tide gets rough.
Not exact matches
Especially seeing as how 76 %
of Texas voters
opted to ban both gay
marriage and civi unions, I don't think they really are very sympathetic to the message these atheists are trying to put
out.
I imagine that more Christians will take the path suggested recently in First Things,
opting out of government - sanctioned
marriage.
As we consciously
opt out or creatively reimagine
marriage one loving couple at a time, we'll be able to shift societal expectations wholesale, freeing younger generations from some
of the antiquated assumptions we've faced (that women always want to get married and men always shy away from commitment, that gender parity somehow disempowers men, that turning 30 makes an unmarried woman into an old maid).»
Alan Van Capelle, the executive director
of the Empire State Pride Agenda (ESPA), the state's LGBT lobby group, and
out gay Chelsea Democratic Senator Thomas K. Duane, the measure's lead sponsor, both reiterated their confidence in the wake
of an election in which a Republican
marriage equality supporter was forced from an upstate congressional race and voters in Maine narrowly
opted to repeal the gay
marriage law there.»
But deep divisions in the Tory party were highlighted in the commons when Iain Duncan Smith, the work and pensions secretary, and his long standing ally Owen Paterson, the environment secretary, joined more than 100 Tory MPs to vote against Cameron in favour
of an amendment that would allow registrars to
opt out of conducting same sex
marriage ceremonies.
A state House judiciary committee heard public comment Wednesday on a bill that would allow magistrates and registers
of deeds to
opt -
out of performing
marriages altogether if they are opposed to same - sex unions for religious reasons.
Justice Robert Richards expressed concern that the proposed amendments are also broad enough that if
marriage commissioners were allowed to
opt out of services, they might also do so because they object to interfaith
marriages or interracial
marriages based on their religious beliefs.
In a previous blog post I discussed the recent Saskatchewan Court
of Appeal decision on whether
marriage commissioners — as civil servants — can
opt out of performing same - sex
marriages.
And finally, it may be that when wives violate basic marital norms
of fidelity and family togetherness,
marriages are less likely to survive, and so
opt out of our «marital turnaround» sample.
As we consciously
opt out or creatively reimagine
marriage one loving couple at a time, we'll be able to shift societal expectations wholesale, freeing younger generations from some
of the antiquated assumptions we've faced (that women always want to get married and men always shy away from commitment, that gender parity somehow disempowers men, that turning 30 makes an unmarried woman into an old maid).»
Forcing couples to tackle their issues head - on seems to have been a potent «cure» for divorce, since only one couple stuck it
out and
opted for divorce instead
of ironing
out the troubles in their
marriage and receiving early release from
marriage prison.