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
Famous quotes containing the words social and/or planning:
“I was like a social worker for lepers. My clients had a chunk of their body they wanted to give away; for a price I was there to receive it. Crimes, sins, nightmares, hunks of hair: it was surprising how many of them has something to dispose of. The more I charged, the easier it was for them to breathe freely once more.”
—Tama Janowitz (b. 1957)
“Sensuality takes planning and work.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)