In commenting on my previous post, Leah pointed out that I hadn't said what my feelings were about covenant marriage. So...
I find it gross. I think it's an attempt to reclaim the mythical "traditional marriage" that segments of society keep harping on about. It's marriage-as-servitude, and while that is plenty traditional, that doesn't make it right. I tend towards an egalitarian view of relationships.
Furthermore, these laws are written with clauses like "WHEREAS marriage is the fundamental building block of society..." and "WHEREAS the decline of society can be linked to the high rate of divorce..." and I just don't find those to be supportable statements. Don't get me wrong - I'm married, I love marriage, I personally believe in lifelong commitment. But when people say that society exists because of marriages, I kinda need to see their work on that.
All that said. I meant what I put in my original post, that for people who truly believe in this path and honestly see these roles as valid for themselves... who am I to judge? Sometimes there is great freedom within a restricting structure.
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