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To: Lane3 who wrote (133035)	3/23/2001 9:24:33 AM
From: RON BL	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

"I think it's about time we realize the rift between our ideal of marriage and the legal considerations and figured out what, if anything, to do about it. The rift is permanent, at least as far as the eye can see. Pretending it's not there or that it can revert is playing the ostrich." Hi Karen. If you look at your statement it follows much of today's liberal thinking which came out of the 60's. BRING IT ALL DOWN. I know as I was there and saw it all come about. The truth is that this world will never be perfect under any circumstances. Death disease old age are irrefutable facts of life. You are correct in observing the frailties of marriage. However as we have see it is a far better institution with all of its flaws than any alternative that has been offered. My examples stand uncorrected as proof of the 60's assault on tradition. Funny how the liberals only want to conserve the environment but wreak destruction on all other institutions with unproven ideas. The communes failed just as the whole language idea failed the education system.

To: Lane3 who wrote (133035)	3/23/2001 11:56:24 AM
From: Johannes Pilch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

My point is not to advocate or deny them, only that the institution of marriage is already hopelessly screwed up. Well--I think not. The concept of legal marriage itself is quite fine. It is people who are hopelessly screwed up. Legally, marriage appears screwed up because we increasingly fail to treat it as what it is -- a legal contract. The reason legal marriage seems unimportant is because we increasingly lack integrity, allowing ourselves to make extraordinary promises to one another even while seriously thinking we might break those promises. We stand before our gods and fellow men to promise everlasting faithfulness, love and devotion, even signing legal documents to cause the state to recognize our contracts, only to break those most solemn contracts as if they were little more than mere cancellations of magazine subscriptions. It shows quite a lack of respect for our gods, our fellow men, our word and, of course, ourselves. The fault is not with legal marriage-- it is with a society that upholds every contract but marriage. A fellow can abandon his legal obligations in marriage, but should he fail to pay rent he suffers.