[CajunConservative]

Unless we start as a society stating how things ought to be so that progress can be made towards that end how else are we going to get there? Louisiana has started allowing a covenant marriage in which it is much more difficult to get divorced. There are IMO only a few valid reasons for couples to get divorced anyway. If it's tougher to get out people may make better choices going in.

Louisiana Covenant Marriage

[Hodar]

If it's tougher to get out people may make better choices going in.

No, this simply traps people in bad marriages. Little thought may be given into going into a marriage. For example, there is no waiting period between getting a marriage license and getting married. You can be drunk, get a license and be married literally within an hour. The Catholic church has 'classes' for engaged members, which at least is an attempt to prepare a couple for the reality that is marriage.

I would think that a 'cooling off' period between being granted a license and the actual marriage may make a difference. If the time were 6 months (just an arbitrary number here), I wonder how many couples would break up instead of going through with a doomed marriage?

[MEGoody]

{"If it's tougher to get out people may make better choices going in."

Yep. And once they get in, they'll have to actually work at it, not just cut and run as soon as things get a little dicey.