so. a piece of paper that says you are married would prevent the young couple from ever having problems?
wow. our whole civilization is built on the quanit notion of a marriage license!
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Except that traditional marriage and family is the cornerstone that facilitates the longevity of any civilization, maybe we shouldn’t make too big a deal out of it. Or maybe we should.
Let’s say hypothetically that Jolie-Pitt are able to pull it off and stay together for the rest of their lives, raising their family in a loving, responsible way, why would it matter if they don’t marry? Aside from the fact that they most probably won’t be able to pull it off, their example that normalizes unwed unions and families misleads people who don’t enjoy what their lucrative vocation affords.
For example, the average American woman who shacks up with a guy, seeing it romanticized in Hollywood and through the wider cultural normative and justifying it to herself, won’t have the same advantage in her union that the Jolie-Pitt’s enjoy. There are no lavish romantic getaways, no nannies and nurses, no endless visits to romantic restaurants, and almost certainly no private birthing room in the south of France overlooking the ocean.
In real life, the unmarried couple has a baby or two and when it ends, which is almost inevitably will when they realize their partner is no Jolie or Pitt, there is very little legal protection for the child and mother.
Statistics from the Family Research Council, the 2000 US Census, and the US Dept. of Health & Human Services show that there is a higher rate of infidelity, violence, break ups and divorce (if the couple eventually marries) for unmarried couples living together compared with married couples who didn’t cohabitate before marriage.
Reported by Amy Proctor of Bottom Line Upfront blog.
Posted August 12th, 2008 by Armen Hareyan
so. a piece of paper that says you are married would prevent the young couple from ever having problems?
wow. our whole civilization is built on the quanit notion of a marriage license!
Marriage isn't about the so called piece of paper mentality. First, marriage is about the committment, the maturity, and the ability to stay put long enough to understand one another. Second, marriage is a legal contract upheld by our laws to protect the spouses involved and the children. Third, if you are religious, marriage is a committment made in the sight of God, that you will respect each other and become one in the sight of God.
I love the fact that people want to be accepted as mature, responsible adults, yet they do not understand that marriage is a sign of respect and maturity few can handle.
Angelina and Pitt
I have do not read people anymore or magazines like that but could not help to occasionly notice it at the store. I saw that they had twins and was talking with my husband about it and I actually thought they did get married at some point. I though I saw that they were. But I am glad to know tht truth. I think what you are saying is 100% true. I have been a single unwed mother for 12yrs and the women is left high and dry. To young women :if you are in this situation or you are thinking about it get out or do not do it . Children or no children there is a high price to pay for this type of life syle . I am recently married and we did not live or sleep together before marriage. Yes- young women it can be done!!!!!!! If you are a young mother and have made mistakes with God's help you can change and find a man who is willing to treat you with respect and wait .