美国的离婚问题Americas Divorce Problem.docxVIP

Americas Divorce Problem On August 15, 1997, Louisiana made an historic change in its domestic relations laws by enacting the nations first covenant marriage bill. Following Louisianas lead, Arizona enacted similar legislation in May 1998 and other covenant marriage (CM) bills are now under consideration in at least twenty additional states. It thus appears that we are on the front end of a covenant marriage boom that could soon sweep across the nation. Here we consider just what covenant marriage is and why it is a concept whose time appears to have come. We also take up and respond to the mo