Day two of the C.S. Lewis quotes puts into words something that I've personally thought for a while, where marriage in our general society is concerned. As Christians I think we always need to be careful not to expect or impose our morality on those who are not professing a saving faith in Jesus (much of our nation). See 1 Corinthians 5. Not that we want to discourage people from getting married, but we shouldn't put all our energy into forcing our society (who doesn't view the Bible as the truth) to abide by the same biblical standard that we do. Lewis says it better than me of course.
"If people do not believe in permanent marriage, it is perhaps better that they should live together unmarried than... make vows they do not mean to keep... they will be guilty of fornication. But one fault is not mended be another: unchastity is not improved by perjury."
-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
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