Clueless in Spokane
Posted by Adam Graham in : Side BlogCheck this cartoon out from the Spokesman Review. The shock of the post seems to be at the idea that covenant marriage would make marriage a “till death do you part” commitment. Isn’ t that what it’s supposed to be, or am I missing something?
Comment by Bubblehead
So is it your opinion that a legitimate function of government is to make it harder for couples who want to separate legally? If someone wants a covenant marriage, why can’t they just draw up contracts and powers of attorney, like you seem to think same-sex couples should if they want marriage-like rights? Why should the state have to get involved?
Comment by Adam Graham
Unlike same sex marriage, long lasting marriages have great benefits towards society.
As to my personal views on marriage, while I think Mutual Consent Divorce is something that should be required of couples with children under 18 in place of no fault divorce (sorry, you don’t wreck kids lives with a contentious divorce because the music died,) I tend to favor in an approach like that offered by Oklahoma in the Oklahoma Marrige Initiative, where they work with local groups and communities to strengthen marriages and families through education and resources. The fact is that our prisons are full of kids from broken homes. The cost of illegitimacy, divorce is born by all of us in increased prison costs, etc. And it’ll continue to take an economick, moral, and social toll.
The point of my post wasn’t so much in support of Covenant Marriage, as in pointing out that the cartoonist’s problem wasn’t with Steve Thayn or Advocates of Covenant Marriage, but with the concept of marriage itself.