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From: jackson@curium.DEC (Seth Jackson)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Marriage and commitment
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Date: Thu, 14-Feb-85 17:10:46 EST
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>just a short comment on the marriage controversy...
>to the people who suggest that "THEY" make it harder to get married, so that
>there will be fewer divorces... personally i find this suggestion an anethma
>to my sense of freedom.... why should i allow "THEY" to tamper with my 
>decisions??? what right is it of "THEY" to care if i get divorced...
>
>just exercise some common sense people... you sign on to the ship pretty blindly
>in all cases, and it is always YOU perrogative to decide when to get off.
>love takes work from both side (well maybe not work, "conscious effort" would 
>be a better term), and if one or both sides are not willing to invest it any
>more than it is just as well that the marriage dies...

Marriage is a contract, legally binding like any other. Therefore,
"THEY" have as much right to enforce the marriage contract as "THEY"
do any other contract. If the marriage agreement includes "till death
do us part, but later on one party decides that he/she is not willing
to invest in it any more, then this is breach of contract, and "THEY"
have every reason to be involved.