In general, I believe, before the government, the Catholic church was responsible for a lot of societies belief systems as it was in control of a lot of changes in our history and this is what we all historically adapted to (in North America, Europe and beyond) .....Marriage being an extension/example. Maybe, with government focusing the majority of their attention on forward moving economy, now, the unresolved belief systems, left to brew on the back burner are now spilling over. Just a thought I had...
you can't blame mom and dad forever, you have to take responsibility at some point
I'm curious, though, what does the Buddhist religion say about marriage?