Social Planning
Commentators have often been critical of individual local practices and traditions, often leading to changes. Examples include the early Catholic Church's efforts to eliminate concubinage and temporary marriage, the Protestant acceptance of divorce, the abolition in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries of laws against inter-faith and inter-race marriages in western countries, etc.
According to Naomi Gerstel and Natalia Sarkisian, "marriage diminishes ties to relatives, neighbors, and friends."
Read more about this topic: Criticism Of Marriage
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