http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070921/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_germany_politics_marriage
this politician in germany wants to set an expiration date on marriage.
her reasoning is that it will prevent people from staying in "loveless" marriages and encoraging people to stay together because they want to not because they feel it is "safe".
2007-09-21 03:22:47 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
think her point is valid.
that marriage should be something people enter into and stay there because they want to not because they feel they have to or are used to.
without even addressing the moral outrage that christians will feel becasue the notion of marriage is vastly different from thier notion of marriage that they have been able to codify into the "official" version and flip out every time it is suggested it is something different. I don't think that her solution would solve the problem that she is trying to address.
simply if couples don't love each other, they shouldn't stay married, and they should re-examine their relationship after a certain period of time.
2007-09-21 05:21:38 · update #1
truthfully her idea doesn't work from a practical point of view because any obligation to "renew" the marriage that is too simple, will just have couples who are bieng "safe" and staying not out of love but out of obligation just re-filing the forms like you renew your driver's license. If it is too difficult, people who want to stay married will have an unfair burden to continue the marriage.
while it is definately a good intention to try to encourage people who are married, to make sure they are still in love and want to be together, her methodology brings so many unforseen potential problems that even without the bible thumping whackjobs, her solution just doesn't stand up to logical analysis.
2007-09-21 05:21:48 · update #2
Mine has gone fourteen, and the last 7 were better than the first, so obviously I disagree.
2007-09-21 03:28:46 · answer #1 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Marriage was instituted by God and designed to last forever; however, in today's world, marriage has become a mockery of true love and commitment.
Marriage today is a contract of convenience to satisfy a temporary need, and if and when it's not met, marriage is thrown out the door
Granted, it's not easy being married, but it takes two mature individuals to make a success of it. Sometimes, though, marriage cannot be salvaged and it's probably better to dissolve it.
2007-09-21 03:43:32 · answer #2 · answered by sugarbee 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
WOW- that is one of the smartest proposals I've heard in years.
I've always felt this way, it would be a great idea.
Christianity invented marriage for the wrong reasons, and I don't feel those reasons apply today (keeping blood lines "clean" etc).
Too many bible beaters feel that you should "make it work", which is of course ridiculous.
2007-09-21 04:45:17 · answer #3 · answered by The Grand Inquisitor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nice idea. People would have the opportunity to stop to think and decide if they wanted to continue married or not.
There would be no painful decision to break up as dissolution would be automatic, and if the couple decided to continue married... good for them!
2007-09-21 03:37:27 · answer #4 · answered by CiberNauta 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They tend to end by then anyway.
It will be a "keep the lawyers employed" act as couples will now have to really fight over property and children, and on a schedule no less.
2007-09-21 03:30:25 · answer #5 · answered by BAL 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
her reasons aren't good enough to justify meddling into other peoples lives. With all the real problems out there I hardly think her actions are needed in this area in comparison to the real problems in the world.
2007-09-21 03:29:32 · answer #6 · answered by Wonder 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm coming up on 17 years, and nowhere near ready for it to end.
2007-09-21 03:36:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
18 years after the youngest child is born.
2007-09-21 03:29:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋