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No, thatz is a simplification. It is about protecting a status of an institution that exists probaaly not without reasons since centuries and millenias, first as a lose form of living together, later further institutionalised. And the likelihood of birthrates has something to do with the wide acceptance this model has found
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What a pile of rubbish, the development of formalised marriage and the increasing roles and rulings from established authorities is over finances not birthrates.
The whole history of changes in western europe can be put down to business and nothing else, after all it is a business transaction, the objections and wranglings over parental consent would be a prime example as both the bride and groom are family assets and the union of the two families has financial and social implications on all involved and many more besides.