Certainly marriages by Justices of the Peace cannot cause the mental, moral and financial decay of a State.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Civil marriages do not cause the moral or financial decline of a society.
- In plain terms
- Simple legal marriages are not the reason a state goes bad.
- What can you take from it?
- Do not blame civil marriage for societal problems.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What causes state decline?
- Is marriage the root?
Another view
Marriage laws can have other social impacts.
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