Thursday, 21 August 2008

• A Marriage License That Expires

  I'm not one to keep up on my news and politics (unless it has to do with the election), but as I was browsing through some news a German Politician by the name of Gabriele Pauli shocked me.
  
  Last year she suggested that marriage licenses should expire after seven years, at which point the couple would choose if they wanted to renew their license or dissolve it.
  
  This makes life easier for the couples who want to get divorced, the wouldn't have to deal with lawyers, fees, and all the battle that comes with divorce.
  
  But, doesn't this take the meaning of marriage out of it? Isn't marriage supposed to be a lifetime commitment, through sickness and health, till death do you part? It's not a "hey let's get married for the next seven years and see if we want to make it to fourteen!"
  
  What's the point of marriage then?
  What do you think of this expiring marriage license?
  
  
  

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