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January 27, 2010 2:53 PM   Subscribe

The Taliban, Mormons, and fundamentalist Christians might be correct that civil unions may destroy the institution of marriage, at least in France.
posted by minimii (5 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: There has got to be a better way to frame this if it's worthy posting about. -- cortex



 
This is framed really, really poorly.
posted by ocherdraco at 3:00 PM on January 27, 2010 [2 favorites]


I read that graph as Civil Unions increase the number of people in committed relationships
posted by empath at 3:01 PM on January 27, 2010


That second link had some interesting numbers. The mode age for women giving birth increased by 4 years since 1989. That seems like a big shift in a short time.
posted by oddman at 3:02 PM on January 27, 2010


The data seems to say that civil unions (in the case where they happen to be easier to get into and easier to get out of than marriages) will erode the number of marriages.

But this is like saying that the number of two-year cellphone contracts will go down if a company starts offering one-year plans (that still provide a phone subsidy).

duh.
posted by oddman at 3:06 PM on January 27, 2010


It sounds more like people in France aren't really religious, and when the secular alternative arose, they jumped on it. So really it's more like religion was destroying committed relationships prior to the creation of the civil contract.
posted by mullingitover at 3:13 PM on January 27, 2010


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