The idea was to own up to the reality that marriages fail about half the time.
We understand that marriages that look respectable can also hide a lot.
After being involved in so many weddings, he had convinced himself that marriages, like flowers, did not last.
She said that marriages often get delayed or even broken off if somebody can't purchase the expected objects.
It is not so much that marriages result in asset-stripping, as the enemies of takeovers often allege.
On its face, it does sound like the most obvious side effect of acknowledging the reality that marriages often fail.
To the contrary, the decision affirmed that marriages are generally a matter to be left to the individual states.
Not until the 16th century did European states begin to require that marriages be performed under legal auspices.
"Finally," they write, "lengthening life expectancies decrease the likelihood that marriages will end through death and increase the length of exposure to the risk of divorce".
In a memorandum to wardens, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation stated that marriages between two inmates will not be permitted, due in part to "security concerns".
Both she and Samantha Henig are fascinated by studies suggesting that marriages growing out of cohabitation have a higher failure rate than those created from separate households.
