"At the same time, however, pre-arranged marriage does not necessarily provides institutional stability for child rearing. In fact it often creates the opposite - a very oppressive an unhealthy environment."
Right. I was, as usual, being too cryptic. The kind of "arranged" marriage I was advocating had more to do with the sort of contract you describe below.
Joanna
Woj: "The proper way of addressing the issue, imho, is not let individualistic and hedonistic impulses to be a defining factor of a social institution, such as marriage. Pre-arranged marriage will not accomplish that. A better, more effective way is to create an institutional framework to that end, similar to that found in business, such as replacing the vague "vows" with a contract that outlines specific rights and obligations of each, party, means of enforcement, penalties for non-compliance, and escrow account set aside to compensate the injured party for the other party's noncompliance, the institution of public advocate who can petition the annulment or dissolution of marriages that do not meet certain legally established standards (even against the involved parties' will).
The idea is that individuals can informally have any relationship they want, but there should be legally protected institutions of civil union with clearly outlined rights and obligations of the involved parties."