Monday, March 28, 2016

A Shift in the Purpose of Marriage

The earlier "ideal of marriage as a permanent contractual union designed for the sake of mutual love, procreation, and protection is slowly giving way to a new reality of marriage as a 'terminal sexual contract' designed for the gratification of the individual parties."

John Witte, Jr. (Legal Scholar) as quoted in The Meaning of Marriage, by Tim Keller
Chapter 1 - The Secret of Marriage