“Annulment plus civil divorce assures a fair distribution of the marital assets”
I would say rather that it assures that spouses who deserve nothing will receive half or more of the marital assets, so long as they are of the preferred sex.
Marriage in our country is a travesty. When either party can demand a divorce for no reason, marriage has ceased to exist. What you have is nothing more than temporary cohabitation contracts, the only guarantee being that the husband will be horribly wronged if the wife turns out to be a moral leper.
It is a terrible offense for the Church to follow the corrupt culture of death down that sewer grate.
Marriage laws in this country are a whole lot better than in some other countries - and completely different than in ancient times. Used to be (and still is in some places) a man could divorce his wife whenever he wanted to (though she was not granted such a right) and leave her penniless even if she brought wealth into the marriage. Women were seen as property/chattel and children didn't fare much better. Christianity taught the ideals of marriage and equality in God's eyes.
Our society has slowly deteriorated and degenerated since the middle of the last century. You are correct that it started with liberalized divorce laws but before that came the acceptance of hetero-sex outside of marriage. Nowadays, it is thought of as normal for people to engage in sex as part of getting to know each other. Even young teens are caught up in it influenced by TV, movies and books. From this it is now "normal" to see homosexual activity in television programs and movies and anyone who would dare object to it or allowing same sex marriage is accused of bigotry and homophobia. Count in sexually transmitted diseases, unwed births, abortion, child abuse, neglect, poverty and abandonment and you can see where our so-called "progressive" society is headed.
ALL Christian churches - those that remain faithful to God's word and laws - must NOT fall into that same culture of death trap. I know I am not afraid of defending my views and I think we can only expect that this will lead to the world condemning us for being "backwards thinking". We will need to be strong and, above all, be an example of holy living to society. We must answer to God and not to man.