A proposed mandate to lengthen the time before people get married and pre-marriage counseling could help, Spaht wrote, however, it fails to get to the root of the problem. Nowadays, marriages seem to be disposable, like many products sold in this country. Often, couples marry during the fleeting good feelings of infatuation. When it comes to making a decision to love someone no matter what, fallible, frail humanity fails. They too often rely on their own power to do what feels good, giving no thought to consequences.
Some men are quick to recall scripture when it comes to marriages.
And they view this as man s dominance over his mate. Only when a man is willing to love his wife in submission to her can she be expected to live in submission to him. Mutual submission in service to one another to build up, not tear down or dominate is the foundation on which marriages should be built. That cannot be legislated. Jeffrey Zeringue is executive editor of the Daily Comet.