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MikeWaters · 02-05-2007, 02:50 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covenant_marriage

This is being considered in Texas during this legislative session.

hyrum · 02-05-2007, 08:15 PM

of course these days practically any slight occuring on a regular basis might be able to be construed as "abuse".

For example I know a couple who's marriage in trouble... hard to put a name on the cause other than her husband failing in his role as a provider and beyond that, not doing anything to help the househould in other ways (he went back to college to finish his degree, but is kind of coasting along and behaving rudely to her). Anyway I'm thinking in this sort of case someone could cast this as a form of abuse, but then that might not be fair to couples who have actual physical abuse.

SoCalCoug · 02-06-2007, 04:01 PM

"A primary purpose of covenant marriage is to provide both spouses the security and motivation to work hard to make theirs a good marriage, knowing that the other is committed to the same purpose."

I thought that's what marriage was.

Archaea · 02-06-2007, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by SoCalCoug

"A primary purpose of covenant marriage is to provide both spouses the security and motivation to work hard to make theirs a good marriage, knowing that the other is committed to the same purpose."

I thought that's what marriage was.

Silly you, no, it's set up so she can walk away with as much of a man's efforts before he drops dead.

The covenant marraige actually sounds like a pleasant alternative.

02-05-2007, 02:50 PM	#1
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Covenant Marriages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covenant_marriage This is being considered in Texas during this legislative session.

02-05-2007, 08:15 PM	#2
hyrum Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 860	but then, what is abuse? of course these days practically any slight occuring on a regular basis might be able to be construed as "abuse". For example I know a couple who's marriage in trouble... hard to put a name on the cause other than her husband failing in his role as a provider and beyond that, not doing anything to help the househould in other ways (he went back to college to finish his degree, but is kind of coasting along and behaving rudely to her). Anyway I'm thinking in this sort of case someone could cast this as a form of abuse, but then that might not be fair to couples who have actual physical abuse.

02-06-2007, 04:01 PM	#3
SoCalCoug Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Orange County, California Posts: 3,059	"A primary purpose of covenant marriage is to provide both spouses the security and motivation to work hard to make theirs a good marriage, knowing that the other is committed to the same purpose." I thought that's what marriage was. __________________ Get your stinking paws off me, you damned, dirty Yewt! "Now perhaps as I spanked myself screaming out "Kozlowski, say it like you mean it bitch!" might have been out of line, but such was the mood." - Goatnapper "If you want to fatten a pig up to make the pig MORE delicious, you can feed it almost anything. Seriously. The pig is like the car on Back to the Future. You put in garbage, and out comes something magical!" - Cali Coug