While a marriage is a partnership, religion is a factor that some couples overlook to converse. Many individuals “give up,” or accommodate his or her religion for the sake of marriage. A couple should agree to disagree on specific values or roles in order to live a less stressful life. Sacrificing one’s own beliefs for the sake of another will not only catch up to one, but it will only make things more complicated if a family comes into play. Some couples don’t even think about religion as a factor when they consider getting married. They either disregard it or focus their relationship around the religion, which I believe a marriage should revolve around a religion but a family.
When a family comes into play a marriage should not be for the “sake of the children.” In today’s society many un-married couples live together and have children and plan to get married later due to financial issues. According to Pew Research Center, 41% of babies were born to unmarried mothers in 2008. This is a cause of miscommunication between the two individuals since they did not plan to have a child without being married, or chose not to get married
A handful of respondents to a Pew poll say children are an important reason to getting married, but I disagree. I disagree with this perspective because, as research shows, children that have unmarried parents, or parents that stay together for the “sake of the children,” are more prone to depression, trust issues and attachment issues.
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