Coontz v. Marquardt on "Taking Marriage Private"

Interesting comments today from Stephanie Coontz, in the New York Times, Taking Marriage Private - New York Times ("Taking Marriage Private, New York Times Op-Ed, By Stephanie Coontz November 26, 2007") were quickly and heatedly countered by Elizabeth Marquardt in her Family Scholars Blog post COONTZ.Do we need a new way to assign legal benefits and responsibilities for partners that used to be