The first marriage is recorded in the book of Genesis, at the creation of the first two human beings, Adam and Eve.
It's a shame, it had been rather sensible up until that point, and from a different enough perspective that it was worth reading.
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90% of restaurants fail w/in the first year. Does that mean starting a restaurant is a bad idea? What about creating a startup?
People should think about the consequences of the commitments they make. But even then, things happen in the lives of two people that can drive a wedge between them. The fact that, in such an event, they are allowed to get divorced, rather than forcing them to remain in a loveless, or abusive, or otherwise dysfunctional marriage is not a bad thing.
The whole "THINK OF THE CHILDREN" of broken homes issue is a more complicated matter. How about we start teaching teenagers that having kids is a huge responsibility and that it's really important to use birth control and condoms to keep from getting pregnant?
Or, i suppose, we could just force all the people involved in teen pregnancies to get married. yeah. i'm sure that'd work better.
