I think the standard contracts have just worn out their usefulness and we need new contracts. Standards are important for establishing norms and defining vocabulary.

What is a wife? What can a wife reasonably expect? What can your friends, family, church elders, and neighbors expect from your marriage and when should they intervene because you have veered too far off the path?

What sacramental marriage adds, in a practical manner, is a dramatic decrease in the number of dissolved marriages.