marriage contract to have an expiration date?

I find it hard to believe that 73% of Phils would say that. To me it seems Phils take relationships seriously. Even in America where people get divorced like they change their pants, you're not going to get 73% of people to be in favor of that.

what would that be for? does that mean that if couples no longer wanted to live with each other, they could simply opt to ignore the renewal? that's funny. if the problem's about couples having trouble with their marriage, we might as well legalize divorce. that way couples wouldn't have to bother renewing their contract every year if they are happy with their marriage. there is no need to bother those who are happy and satisfied just to accommodate those who are not. this method defies the 'sanctity of marriage' all the same so why don't we kill all the birds with one stone? i hope i'm not getting it all wrong by talking based on the wrong context.

Yes, I'm in Favor of a marriage contract that expires after 10 years. As a senior male who has been married to the same women for over 50 years,I know of what I speak! My marriage has been like two life terms, with no parole, and no time off for good behavior.

i think that if you are married with someone and both dont love each other anymore they should just be apart. it should exist divorce in pinas bcs many people are together still without love. life is too short to be wasted being with someone we just dont love anymore. i just wish people could see that those people are not happy. i just wish i was pinas president and could help people more :) for the best interest of them :)

I think that's ridiculous. Who's going to take marriage seriously now that it will expire? It's like saying there's a trial period. Although, divorce is still a touchy subject in our country, I think it's a better option that putting expiration dates.

its like you are making more registration so the next time you renew it the more money the gov't receive, because fees will be higher sooner. i dont care even it has expiration, as long as its good. this means you have to renew your bows, and ask your self are you willing to be in that contract again or are you gonna end the contract now.

awwww....where is the security in true love if that's the case..... well i guess not many people marry for true love anyway in the first place. that's just my opinion.

Hello Lien, marriage contract in the Philippines to have its expiration date If this is what 73% of the respondents want, then divorce should be legalize instead. i mean, why bother renewing the marriage vows if they stop loving each other anymore. marriage is a forever contract of love for each other. and it did say that "for better or for worse" haven't we forgotten our vows? and allow to wait for the expiration instead... unless, it's done in the Civil Marriage, i doubt the Catholic Church will allow such. why just "live in" instead.

Having an expiry date to a marriage contract is a total mockery of the entire marriage system. The least our lawmakers can come up with is legality of divorce, that way, couple can just file for divorce or annulment if the marriage broke up. Having an expiry date to a marriage contract means those couple who wants to stick together will have to go through the whole process of the entire bureaucratic crap or worse, will even have to shed money just to get that contract renewed. It seems to me that they are giving those who want to stay married a hard time more than those who want to get away from it.

For some who experienced difficulty annulling their spouse, this is favorable to them but for those who are happily married, this is unnecessary. I'm torn between agreeing and disagreeing to this because it's going to pose great risks in one's marriage, like the other party will think that it's okay to cheat because he/she can always just leave the spouse once their marriage has expired.

Well of course I will not agree with that idea...it would only lead to degrading our importance of the family. I don't think so, that the respondents who voted such expiration date for marriage is so serious about that...but if that issue would become serious maybe there's a lot of protest that would come from all religious sectors particularly roman catholics.

Time is indeed changing...Filipinos are known to be conservative individuals who have high regard to the sanctity of marriage. As for me, i don't think i'd favor such. It gives everyone a "free will" to do whatever they want thinking they can just get out of it easily. For a marriage to work, both partners need to give extra effort on it. After all, the primary reason why one marries someone is because of that magical feeling of love and not a trial thing.

A big NO! Practically speaking, renewing vows is a big waste of money. Making a marriage contract have an expiration date is just like divorce because when the marriage contract expires, the couple has a choice to renew it or not. Marriage isn't something that's supposed to expire and be renewed. The Philippines is not like the US where you can marry someone and when you're sick of that person you can divorce him and be with someone else. We, Filipinos value marriage a lot and putting an expiration date to it makes it not as big as deal as it should be.

I TOTALLY AGREE WITH IT!For me its not a big deal to have an expiration date to a marriage contract. If one is confident with the love of his/her partner, then there is no reason to be worried at all. It's just a matter of working things out. And it will help those women especially who are battered by their husband to get out of that hell life, because its a reality that most this people who are no longer happy and abused by their partner don't have eough money to support to file for an annulment which is so unfair. So, for me having an expiration date is just ok. To those who doesn't agree with this, maybe, just maybe you are not confident with the love that your partner is giving you....