Maybe we should do as Heinlein suggested in one of his books and have marriage contracts of different terms and different lengths that spell out the rights and responsibilities of each party and the conditions of termination etc… Lawyers want their share of the pie. They will continue to get elected to office and jigger with the laws and you can rest assured that whatever changes are made the lawyers will get theirs.
So, why not just cut them in from the start? Structure the incentives so that they make a little up front and there is little likelihood of making anything on the back end when things go awry. It is kind of like paying protection money to the mob to keep them from beating you up or like paying taxes to the government to keep them from arresting you. It is all just a cost of doing business.
France instituted a type of civil union for gays that has actually turned out to be very popular with straight couples since the terms are more appealing to them than the traditional type of union. There is no reason everyone should be forced into a one size fits all type of contract for something as important as a marriage when they wouldn’t dream of conducting even trifling business deals in the same manner.
