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I don't personally have a problem with people dissolving their marriages, which in reality is much better than simply being together in a person relationship and having to dissolve it.
And the government does have a place in this. They are recognizing the relationships as legal. They are able to provide a single document that takes less than a half hour for most people to get, and generally costs $100 or less, and is probably the most efficient government entity/institution we have, which generally works for the majority of people who enter into it. If it were a purely civil arrangement, private contract, it would be dozens if not hundreds of documents, paperwork, that takes at least days, if not weeks to get together, and costs hundreds to thousands of dollars to really work. It would also still have to be established with the government in some way if going to be used to recognize legal kinship, since they are who establish legal kinship recognition (hence why birth certificates come from the government as well).
Like I said, I can see advantages in it being a real, time-consuming and considered process. Heck, that's what the Catholic Church still does, but with regards to the commitment, rather than the legal aspects. I dont care if it's harder or more work. No one said getting married should be 'easy.' And legal offices would be happy to provide plenty of 'packages' for those desiring a marriage contract.