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Originally Posted by towny
Personally I wouldn't, although I think if we are going to fully embrace the concept of civil marriage as an arrangement for the time being rather than a lifelong commitment, we should look at ways of recognising that at the outset rather than fudging it at the other end with messy, painful divorce law. For the record, I think a 'quickie' divorce obtained at Tescos would be likely to be just as painful in the long term for the family involved, especially if there are children - my parents took a very long and gradual road to separation to minimise the stress on us but it was still awful. I can't imagine what shock might be suffered by a young child forced to come to terms with a sudden divorce.
I do have a problem with easy divorce from a Church marriage because the Bible does have very clear teaching on the permanence of marriage in God's eyes. I have no objection to people choosing not to believe this, but when they choose not to believe it yet insist on appropriating something sacred to me just so they can get married in a quaint building and have nicer photos ... well, that upsets me a little.
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I think, Towny, that sadly marriage is becoming a victim of the throw away society we are developing today.
In the past, you would often hear of marriages that would last 30 years or more. These days some marriages last barely 30 days.
It all smacks of marriage for convenience and so when you get tired of a particular marriage partner you exchange him/her for a different one, just like any other product.
People are tending to enter marriage with a lot less long-term commitment than they used to do and though some people are in love with the idea of marriage it's often not to the same partner, as the increased divorcee re-marriage rate shows.
At this rate Silver & Golden Wedding Anniversaries may well become a thing of the past, which is very sad.