Mon, 05 Jan 2004

The Real Problem with Marriage
...is not gays wanting to get hitched, nor is it the tax code issues that sometimes make it more financially attractive for couples to remain single.

It's not the fact that both couples in a marriage often have to work, nor is it the profusion of day-care kids.

It's not the "busy family" or "soccer mom" syndrome, where families get so busy that they rarely see each other.

The real problem with marriage in this country is the attitude we have towards it:

And we were just looking at each other and said, 'Let's do something wild, crazy. Let's go get married, just for the hell of it

There's no way a politican can change this attitude: no number of new laws restricting divorce or mandating waiting periods or counseling will change it. They might slow it down a bit, but we, as a culture and as a people, have to change this attitude ourselves.

We can start by treating these over-paid, pampered "superstars" exactly as they demand: like whining children (age notwithstanding) who need to be taught that life is not just a game to be played by whim.

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