For whatever it's worth, those laws were built around an idea of marriage that's very different than the institution as it exists today. Maybe it'd help if sta

For whatever it's worth, those laws were built around an idea of marriage that's very different than the institution as it exists today. Maybe it'd help if states were required to provide marriage applicants with property allocation statistics from the last year of divorces, and list every penalty and rule that would execute upon divorcing their spouse. Oh, showing how much money people pay in alimony, and how much divorce lawyers rake in would be good, too. Maybe fewer people would get married. Maybe it'd prompt some changes.