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| No | 74% | 751 votes | Total: 1013 votes | |
| Yes | 26% | 262 votes |
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Prenuptial agreements make a statement of mistrust, no matter how practical they may sound. If anything should be compulsory for couples to have before they wed, it is marriage ...read more
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by Todd Pheifer
In basic terminology, a prenuptial agreement is a legal document that is signed by people who are intending to get married but want some sort of individual protection. The docu...read more
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Prenuptial agreement has failure of marriage written all over it. Now, the unity of a couple in holy matrimony is not sacred and destined to last forever anymore. Instead, "thin...read more
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by John Cooper
Prenuptial agreements carry such power to gravely wrong a weaker party to a marriage, that most courts in most jurisdictions will go out of their way to void the agreement. Thi...read more
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Instead of preparing for divorce, why not encourage people to prepare to stay happily married? Indeed some ministers already require prenuptial counseling before they will perf...read more
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'Trust me as I trust you as you gaze into your partners eyes and say I do.' Marriage has vows 'for richer or poor'. If one does not trust their companion, marriage should be c...read more
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by Beth Hermes
A prenuptial agreement is just as important in some situations as premarital counseling. A few decades ago, the thought of either prior to saying "I do" was unheard of. Should i...read more
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by Ethel Smith
Although I can see the sense in a prenuptial agreement, especially for couples who are very wealthy or celebrities, it does seem a little defeatist. To my mind a prenuptial agre...read more
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by Gary Roberts
Loved up and naive, call me what you like! But, I always believed that relationships and the institute of marriage were fundamentally built on trust. Old fashioned notion, I he...read more
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by Alvin Dy
Even in today's times when people are so distrusting and doubtful, a marriage should still be based on love. Love should be anchored in trust. Without trust, there can never b...read more
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Marriage is a legal contract between two people. While for many marriages, perhaps most, a prenuptial agreement is a good idea, it certainly ought NOT to be compulsory. For one ...read more
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A prenuptial agreement is an agreement between two people who are about to get married that that protects the wealth of one party from the other, should they divorce. Nothing s...read more
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Good heavens! I should think not! As if the sanctity and long-term commitment of marriage is not already being seriously undermined in our society! To make prenuptial agreemen...read more
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by C.L. Bennett
Alright, everyone, can we please start treating marriage as the permanent institution it was meant to be? When did we lose faith in our own judgment so completely? When did we s...read more
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I believe it would be wrong to force couples to sign a prenuptial agreement before they can get married. Enacting a law like this would send the wrong message to couples who ar...read more
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by EMoore
Is marriage real or is it just playing house? Prenuptial agreements are detrimental to marriage. If you are that uncertain of your commitment to the one you propose to love unti...read more
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by Denisa Howe
Should it be compulsory for couples to sign a prenuptial agreement before marriage? Let us look at the meanings of certain words before we get into the discussion. Compulsory: ...read more
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by Innah Alexis
Marriage is a sacred and legal union of a man and a woman who vow to live as one in richer and in poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do them apart. It is a voluntary...read more
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Signing a prenuptial agreement before marriage is the first step towards divorce. Prenuptial agreements are made for marriages where the concern is infidelity, and at its b...read more
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Marriage, at the bottom line, is a union at all levels of being, between two consenting adults. If the couple concerned are spiritually aware, this union is also blessed and pr...read more
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by Stephanie K
Most women work these days, thereby finding themselves increasingly in positions of prominence. Sadly, their wages have lagged behind men regardless of their success. I believ...read more
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by Molly Carter
A prenuptial agreement is a tricky subject. In theory, when you decide to marry someone, you are committing to them and the world that you will spend your life with them "Till ...read more
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by Don Eckman
Marriage. The union of two people for as long as they live, till death do they part, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in heath, inspired by pure and unconditional love. Ide...read more
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by Minute Major
I believe it would be a great idea to require couples to sign a prenuptial agreement before marriage. Some strong points supporting this statement are listed below. 1) It's alw...read more
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There once was a time when divorce was unheard of...in this day and age of free speech, free everything, it seems we have all turned the tables on honor, commitment, dedication,...read more
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Signing a prenup before you get married is like putting on your seat belt before you drive off in the car. You have no intention of ever having a crash, but you're taking sensib...read more
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It's not news that at least half of all marriages in the United States end in divorce. The statistic is proof it can be difficult to truly predict the outcome of 1 out of 2 marr...read more
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The Case for Compulsory Prenuptial Agreements Yes, it ought to be compulsory for couples to sign a prenuptial agreement before marriage in today's society. A prenuptial agreem...read more
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by Super Loser
In today's world, love has been replaced by money as probably the most important thing in the marriage. Money probably causes most of the arguments, and money is why many people...read more
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by Sara Bradley
Yes, with the short-lived marriages today and the hostility that is becoming commonplace in the divorce courts over material things, prenuptial agreements should be made compuls...read more
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What to do when and if it all goes wrong? Well cleaning up the remnants of any marriage is far easier if there is a prenuptial agreement in place. While prenuptial agreements ha...read more
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Definitely. When people get married they are looking at the best of themselves and the one they are marrying. At that time they can think honestly and fairly without anger to ...read more
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YES! People think prenups are for the rich and famous....how about the middle class who get screwed in a divorce. When I met my now ex-husband, he owned a van. He rented, he mo...read more
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I voted yes on this, because I see prenuptial agreements (also called ante-nuptial agreements) as a necessary "inconvenience" to combat what I call a real, gross violation of Co...read more
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Many couples say that they do not believe in prenuptial agreements because to do so would undermine the depth of their love. They say that it is unnecessary and that it is a sig...read more
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by DrowningCoke
I'm not married, I've never been divorced, but what have seen and been through, was my mom and dad pacing around, going through months of yelling in a phone and arguing with my ...read more
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Do you ask for a warranty on your car or on your house? Yes of course you do so why is marriage any different? You don't plan on having something in your house to break or somet...read more
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by Pink Tree
Prenupt! Ah...music to my ears! Not only do I feel that they are necessary, but I believe it should be required. It protects the only thing this country is about...money! Wh...read more
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It is important to enter a marriage from a cautious perspective. Love is a crazy thing. However, there are too many people these days who abuse marriage. Many times, it is on...read more
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by Troy Norris
It's absolutely beneficial for couples to sign a prenuptial agreement before getting married. But for something like this to be made mandatory, a few changes in common use and p...read more
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