new thinking, new marriage

Let's get the state out of the marriage union. Celebrate marriage with a religious or secular ceremony, and create a partner contract aligning the couple legally.

Naomi Wolf. Author and journalist.  

With marriage contracts that set out the couple’s commitments, there is little reason why judges should retain their current involvement in marriage.

Professor Gary S. Becker. Nobel Prize in Economics.

Why do people need the state's permission to marry? Let couples decide if they want the legal protections and obligations of a committed relationship.

Professor Stephanie Coontz  

Why is marriage declining? One reason is because it has become a three-way contract between two people and the government.

Wendy McElroy. Author and journalist.  

Get the government out of marriage and allow individuals to make their own marriage contracts, as befits a secular republic in the information age.

David Boaz. Vice President, Cato Institute.

With a pre-arranged parenting schedule, engaged people would have a window on what their future spouse will be like – and what he or she will expect – as a parent.

James Andrew Miller. Author and scriptwriter.

Marriage contracts enable individuals to make choices that further their particular vision of the family, without imposing that vision upon the whole of society.

Jamie Alan Aycock. Lawyer.  

A fundamental problem with marriage is that it is a monopoly product supplied by the government. Couples should be able to create their own marriage contracts that reflect their values and expectations.

Colin PA Jones, Associate Professor of Law.