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The reason the divorce rate wasn't always this high was because women weren't allowed to get divorces. The divorce rate increased when we decided that it was sexist and unfair to allow men to dump their wives whenever they felt like it, but not allow women the same freedom. So when you blame the divorce rate's increase on some social movement that you don't like, would you prefer that divorces were illegal or at least much harder to get?

What is the sanctity of marriage when people like Britney Spears can get a joke marriage as long as she's straight and gay people can't get a serious marriage that will last more than one weekend?