Such moral convictions cannot be forced...they must be freely adopted and accepted. That does not spare a society from the negative consequences of deparintg from such values. The founders of this nation, IMHO, with whatever other short comings, understood it and tried to articulate it.
"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for the government of any other."- John Adams, Oct. 11, 1798
What is your definition of "courtship?" If it's not dating, what is it?