Do you think Marraige will soon be elminated all together?

Question

Traditional Marraige that is?

Today the news are showing growing movements that want to re-define marraige as acceptable one *Swinging*

Some therapists now claim that divorce might be lessended if infidelity might be allowed in a marraige..Men would have no need to cheat or look at Porn and could with his or her spouse engage in that fantasy and spice they need to keep the marraige alive so groups of Swingers are advertsing for couples Oh okay..

As well as 2 Polygamists taking thier case to court that they want there marraige to be made official..

If Homosexual marraige was opening Pandoras Box as many stated years ago, well the box is now wide open


Thoughts?

Answer 1

Whose next in the "marriage line"?

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Answer 2

The only reason the divorce rate is so much higher now than say 50 years ago is divorce is now much more acceptable. The rate that spouses cheated has pretty much been steady during this time. The problem was divorce was an something people in hollywood did, not in anywhere USA. Also, most homes were were single family incomes, so it would be impossible for a most likely a women to leave her husband with no income.

Answer 3

Probably the best hope for the future of marriage rests in the natural turn of events. One thing that is reasonably certain about much social and cultural change is that it is dialectical in nature. Political change, for example, alternates back and forth over time between the conservative and liberal poles; after liberal policies and attitudes have been in the ascendancy for a time, conservative dispositions begin to look more appealing, and vice-versa. It may be the same with some aspects of family change. If the consequences of going too far down the path of unencumbered individualism and self-fulfillment come to be seen in a negative enough light, the way lies open to a social reversal. In other words, the rational calculation on the part of individuals that excessive individualism fosters social corrosion for both children and adults could lead to a cultural shift.

Answer 4

"Traditional Marriage" doesn't exist. It has not always been an equal partenership between a man and a woman. "Traditional Marriage" is a myth.

"By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law, that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least incorporated and consolidated into that of her husband, under whose wing, protection and cover, she performs everything." ~ William Blackstone, " Commentaries on the Laws of England", 1765

"In the nineteenth century, when a judge ruled that a husband could not imprison and rape his wife the London Times bemoaned, `One fine morning last month, marriage in England was suddenly abolished.' The phrase rule of thumb descends from English common law that said a man could legally beat his wife with a switch `no thicker than his thumb.'" ~ Naomi Wolf, "Radical Heterosexuality"

"The 1804 Code Napoleon, influential throughout Europe [and Louisiana; remember Streetcar?] recapitulated the old terms of the marriage contract, proclaiming a husband head of his household and dictating the arrangement as one of male protection in return for female obedience. Under this code women were classified with children and mental defectives as legal incompetents." ~ Jaclyn Geller, "The Marriage Mystique"

This is the tradition conservatives are so vehemently defending?

Answer 5

Reintroducing infidelity would be returning to "Traditional marriage". There is a long history of mistresses and rules of engagement for infidelity in a marriage.

That is the problem with arguing for "Traditional Marriage." Marriage has traditionally been different things through different eras.

A Traditional way to pick your wife was to rape her.
A Tradition of marriage was to have as many wives as you could afford.
A Traditional part of marriage was to get rid o your wife is she proved to be barren.
It was traditional for your family to buy your bride.,
It was also traditional for your family to pay extra if you where an undesirable bride.
It was a honored part of Marriage tradition to arrange your kids marriage.

So yeah it's safe to say "Traditional Marriage" is probably going to die.

Marriage on the other hand is rooted in our need to commit and bond to each other. To say to before God and the state that we are a committed couple. As long as we are allowed to embraces that ideal, marriage will never go away.

Of course if others insist on putting their way of "marriage" over all others creating a system of inequality in marriage, then marriage might very well die as the needs of the state to provide equality become too burdensome to support the institution of marriage.

Answer 6

i don't understand why consenting adults shouldn't be allowed to do as they please, so long as nobody is harmed by their actions.

how is gay marriange opening the pandora's box of swinging and polyamory? these things have been around for milennia. if i remember correctly [and i do], fundamentalists were claiming that gay marriage would open the door for kiddie porn and beastiality. no, sweeties, gay marriage is a union of consenting adults, the other things are -usually- not consensual.

have you ever wondered why nevada, the only state that allows wide-spread gambling and prostitution has never been visited by the wrath of god? did jesus go into the desert just that one time? 'traditional marriage' is under no threat beyond a general inability of our society to stick with a commitment, and an unreasonable moral code.

Answer 7

Nobody respects a swinger, not even the others who practice it. And there have always a few nutty therapists who encourage infidelity. It is not a new concept.

But when you talk about the downfall of marriage, you are really talking about the destruction of civilization. We can only be as strong as our families.

Answer 8

No. I just think that marriage is marriage is marriage. Its only a publicly made declaration of your intention to be committed to each other, accompanied by the legal paperwork to back it up, nothing more.

btw, I'm a married Atheist just like Bad Liberal is.

Answer 9

Traditional marriage will be around as long as their are people who still wish to marry. Although there has been many people who have tried to destroy it, it still seems to happen every day. I still believe most people still are traditionalists and their are only a few more radical people who would like to see it gone. After all, think about how many people you know that are actually married.

Answer 10

Marriage will never become obsolete. Isn't "swinging" a 70's term?