Marriage is not something to be taken lightly. In fact, of all choices and directions in life, marriage should be among the most important decisions a person can make. I am tired of the left side blaming the right side of being close-minded in response to keeping marriage traditional. I am also tired of the right side blaming the left for decimating the traditional values of marriage in pursuit of their own minority agenda. Both liberals and conservatives are guilty of making marriage a lackluster fact of life.
Marriage is not about convenience, tax relief or furthering individual self-interests. A very long time ago, marriage was a life-long commitment made between two consenting adults in hopes that their lives would be better off together than apart. Excuse the cliché but marriage was made in hopes of a “happily ever after.”
Marriage has never been easy and never will become an easy arrangement. Marriage was designed to be a long-term permanent arrangement, or perhaps brides and grooms across the globe weren’t paying attention when they were saying the very important “for better or worse, until death do us part” portion of the marriage ceremony. If people actually took marriage
seriously perhaps the divorce rate wouldn’t be so high, states wouldn’t need legislation to limit divorce and people could drop a lot of unnecessary emotional baggage. So please, stop the bickering about which side destroyed marriage first. Marriage gets destroyed the moment it is taken lightly.
Jenifer Morrison
Business administration