AFR 110 Lecture Notes - Chinese Finger Trap, Covenant Marriage
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Functioning marriage functioning families functioning society. Cultures have a lot invested in marriage, because it leads to a better functioning society. If two poor people get married, they can combine their resources and use less money from the government. Generally kids do better with married parents. Less people in jail in the future (jail costs about ,000 a year per person) An option to get either a regular marriage or a covenant marriage. In louisiana and oklahoma (in the 80s) They had to agree to certain things. Agree to seek counseling if arguments arise. Have to wait a year before they can get divorced. Beliefs about marriage in the us are socially constructed. Before 1965 no one would be in an interracial relationship. Religious people in utah that do it. Classified as bigamy which is a crime (the act of going through a marriage ceremony while already married to another person)
