text: the divorce rate is soaring to70%, do you still believe in matrimonies or should wedding vows be re-written? all the hooplas in wedding preparations and the cost of it, is overwhelming to most of us. the matrimony and wedding vows becomes insignificant unless you need the marriage certicates for legal reasons, like one of you, need to show it to the ins.  what other reason do you need marriage certificates for? your vows can be defied by the court system whenever one of you decides to change your spouse. it just add to complications in divorce court.  have you known any one that hasn't gone thru a divorce? well, the court system no longer advise marriage counseling's, instead, they promote and allows false accusations for better grounds for divorce. a good example is the famous "domestic violence" charge. the word "violence" is vastly define as simply raising an eyebrow. that can mean hostility. no one can intimidate another during marriages. don't be surprise that marriages ended up in court everyday with any silly incident but are magnified and exagerated 50% of the time. hmm. i am assuming you are writing this from the perspective of living in america? it isn't quite that bad here in uk...yet. i do not like the way that marriage, which is a religious ceremony - and as such, should have nothing to do with law(!) - is required for certain reasons beyond the joining of two people whom are in love. i would welcome the separation of marriage and law and would welcome the rewriting of vows as the only thing i can say about anything to do with religion these days is that it keeps people apart, forces sides, promotes insecurity and false hopes and least of all...is the cause of most wars in the land.