Answer: I'm not aware the divorce rate increased. I thought it's been about 50% the last 20 years. It appears marriage isn't as important as it once was because more couples are living together common-law.
marriage institution?
Marriage
It will not, just as interracial and interfaith marriage did not destroy the institution.
The Divine Institution of Marriage was created in 2008.
homosexuality does not go against the institution of marriage, much in the same way that being color blind does not go against the institution of marriage.homosexuality does not go against the institution of marriage, much in the same way that being color blind does not go against the institution of marriage.
No. Marriage is an "institution" not a "constitution."
comment on institution of marriage in Tom Jones
marriage is the hardest institution ever
It is an institution of bondage for a woman
There is no importance in marriage.
The human race would probably continue to reproduce even if the institution of marriage were to cease to exist; certainly the human race predates marriage. I believe that marriage is a useful arrangement at least for some people, but I doubt that it is important for the continuity of the human race.
It doesn't. The legalization of same-sex marriage merely represents an end to the discriminatory exclusion of gays and lesbians from the institution.