[Jonathon Spectre]

"I don't know what's wrong with men today," he said in a recent sermon. "Maybe I found the finest woman on the planet [to marry]. But I know there are other daughters of Eve who are worthy of marriage. I don't know what you single men are waiting for. "You waiting for the perfect woman? The right one with the right skin complexion, the right height, the right voice intonation, the right job? When that person comes, God loves that person too much to give her to you.

Let's just summarize this as, I am an insane whack job.

"You better take what you can get," he said to laughter from the congregation. "You're getting too old. Listen: 45-, 50-, 60-year-old single men are strange human beings after a little bit. Yes they are, yes they are. You better hurry up and get on with it."

American men are on a marriage strike.

We've figured out that the court system in this country makes marriage an extremely, extremely dangerous option for men. If your wife, entirely on her own, decides she's tired of the marriage, she will get custody of the kids and 70-80% of your earnings (imputed income!?!). And there is nothing whatsoever the man can do about it.

Nyet!

[friendly]

The corrupt divorce and family court system is responsible for the destruction of marraige. Meen have essentially no real rights or justice in these evil legal environments. Men would be well advised to co-habitate, have children, be good dads, but NEVER MARRY!

[Mulder]

We've figured out that the court system in this country makes marriage an extremely, extremely dangerous option for men. If your wife, entirely on her own, decides she's tired of the marriage, she will get custody of the kids and 70-80% of your earnings (imputed income!?!).

Yep.. Thanks to current divorce laws, it makes little sense for a single man to get married.

Furthermore, for many American men, a divorce would amount to a literal death sentence if she got a restraining order (SOP in many states even without any violence). Thanks to illegal federal dictates, a restraining order means no guns.

Since many of us will refuse to surrender our guns, the potential for a deadly standoff exists.

Personally, I'm not opposed to the idea of marriage. If the right woman comes along, I'd go for it. Otherwise, I'm much better off earning money for myself. Once you get some money, you'll get the women.