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EDGES MAGAZINE Issue 31
November 2002
Is marriage a dying institution?
Joan Entwistle shares her views
What is Marriage? ... The dictionary definition of Marriage is: The legal union by a civil or religious ceremony by which two people of opposite sex become husband and wife.
The romantic novel or film would represent Marriage as the blissful union of man and woman. ... The stability of Marriage, the keeping of the vows forms a solid base for any child born of that union. ...
Recently I witnessed the renewal of their Marriage vows by a couple after 25 years. ... It was a moving occasion, for this Marriage has seen both great times and also the lows of redundancy, illness and the stresses of near poverty. ... The belief in one another, the knowledge that both had kept their Marriage vows has formed a stronger union that like good wine has matured with keeping. It has become a foundation for their own children to build on and an example to their contemporaries that Marriage can survive all the traumas of modern living. In fact Marriage seems to be the antidote to many of society ills. ... Ask any couple who celebrate long Marriages the reasons why and the answers are invariabily, give and take, talking together, sharing and not letting the sun go down on any argument Despite modern trends of "living together", "single parents" and "quickie divorces", Marriage still comes first in the plans of most young couples.
Approximate Word count = 1016
Approximate Pages = 4.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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