[rogerthedodger]

not to mention the strong marriage practices of the Germanic and Keltic peoples, which predated the introduction of Christianity in the West.

[TheCrusader]

"not to mention the strong marriage practices of the Germanic and Keltic peoples, which predated the introduction of Christianity in the West."

Strong marriage practices have always benefitted society, Christian and otherwise. What does it benefit any civilized culture to have men and women running around procreating with a partner, dumping them, and running around to another partner, and another? It only fosters jealousy, lust, resentment, and a horrible instability in the family, the villiage, and the nation.