The bill would allow couples to choose a marriage contract with the state that would make it more difficult to obtain a divorce should one be sought later. Few grounds would be considered legitimate for the dissolution, and couples would have to seek counseling to try to resolve their problems. Most of the comments I've heard from those involved in the church favor the covenant marriage concept. But relying on the law to restore the sanctity of marriage is a bad idea because that's not the state's function. Jesus tried to put that point across in his discussion of divorce with the Jewish religous leaders.
Marriage is a lifetime commitment, but humans almost always fail to live up to expectations.
Men would decide to ditch their wives, so some provision had to be made to protect the wives. To be sure, some Old Testament scholars see more protection for women in the Mosaic law than in any of the surrounding cultures. Marriage, in the eyes of the state, is a contract. The state sets out the rules of that contract in ways that are intended to protect the parties involved, including what to do when the contract ends. This is the primary reason why living together causes so much grief at a break up.