There are many references to marriage in the Bible on is in Ephesians 5 21-33, it was written ' wives, submit yourselves to your husbands as to the lord. For your husband has authority over his wife just as Christ has authority over the church; and Christ is himself the saviour of the church, his body’, this states that a man is the base of a marriage and his wife must be faithful to him as Christ was faithful to the church as it was his body.
Availability of divorce is much too easy in society today, one simply has to apply and fill out a few forms. There is not enough encouragement for couples to work through their problems and difficulties. Apart from family and relatives encouragements to sort out their difficulties, there is not enough outside groups to give advise on how to stay together. There is not enough marriage crisis support groups.
I believe that dropping this vow is completely wrong and unjustified simply because of the fact that the vow has been around for over 2000 years and has been upheld by the Church for so long.
Others may agree with dropping the vow simply because it would help them to lead a more sinful life. With this vow dropped, people will have no sense of remorse and could simply just marry for a few years, then divorce, then re-marry and so on. It will promote a more rebellious lifestyle among the Christians.
The vow has been taught to give couples a guide to what exactly is required of them by the Church.
In marriage, the couple represent the Church, so in this way if this vow is dropped and the couple can break up, it represents the Church breaking up and the Lord’s love of the Church breaking up.
On the other hand, I can agree with this statement because there are extreme cases where the welfare of one partner may be in danger. Cases where the wife is being subjected to brutality and unfair treatment can justify divorce.
On the whole I believe strongly that the vow should not be dropped, but I feel that if there is a justifiable reason for divorce then a divorce can take place after some sort of advice from the Church.
