@Matt
Marriage is a legally binding contract, yes...until one of the members of the contract decides it shouldn't be anymore. And with the factor of infidelity, it often goes on for years being broken, and broken, and broken again. The "law" has little or nothing to do with it after you have paid your license fee, or until you want to pay for that divorce.

I think that is part of the problem. Why give any credence to marriage if that's all it is? Once a moral foundation is taken away from a social institution, the meaning fundamentally changes. As it is doing today.

I have been married to a wonderful woman for 16 years. I am grateful for the journey, and would never change it for another. According to her, she feels the same way. So marriage for me has definitely been a boon. However, if you approach it as anything less than a partnership, as teamwork, instead of a contract/obligation construct, it is doomed to fail. Who wouldn't want to find someone to share the journey with?

Now, go to it, trolls!

BTW katskratch...well said!