Is Marriage Becoming a Thing of the Past?

Traditionally, for a man and woman to live together, have children, and commingle assets, they must get married.  Marriage has been not only a legal institution, but also a religious one.  Today, many women are financially independent and couples decide that they don’t want to have children.  The church doesn’t govern quite the way it used to; what was a sin in the past is barely even noticed today.  Take divorce for example, over the decades the divorce rate has increased drastically, likely due to the loosening of the stigma associated with it.  These societal changes in regards to marriage and cohabitation begs the question, do most of us really need marriage anymore?

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