Covenant marriage on the rocks. From: The Humanist | Date: May 1, 2006| Author: Monkerud, Don | COPYRIGHT 2006 American Humanist Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

AFTER GAINING MEDIA attention in the late 1990s with a promise to lower divorce rates across the nation, the covenant marriage movement has hit the skids. The movement seeks to establish a legal category of marriage that makes divorce more difficult. It requires pledges such as a declaration of intent to live together "forever" and allows divorce only for infidelity, physical or sexual abuse, conviction of a felony, abandonment for one year, or living separately for two years. Irre...

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