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To: Lane3 who wrote (93686)1/5/2005 7:58:51 AM
From: DMaA  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793731
 
For religious reasons. Americans are so religious, you could eliminate civil marriage and you would see only a small dip in the marriage rate. I've actually been leaning towards that position for years.

If, as Sowell asserts, both kinds of couples could make their own arrangements without marriage whereas marriage limited their freedom, why marry. Sowell overlooked that consequence of his argument.



To: Lane3 who wrote (93686)1/5/2005 8:26:49 PM
From: Joe Btfsplk  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793731
 
Hi K,

Not sure there's an easily packaged total reply to your question,

But:

Will and Ariel Durant spent more time than a lot of folks live writing history. No one has ever read the works. However, their final little recap, Th Lessons of History, has some interesting observations on the nucleus of all successful societies.

You might give it a look.


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