1.   A covenant marriage puts legal limits on the grounds for divorce.

2.   A covenant marriage would make it more difficult for the couple to divorce.

3.   A covenant marriage can also end if both people agree to the divorce, the law says.

4.   Couples-to-be who want a covenant marriage must agree to premarital counseling.

5.   Covenant marriages would be optional, but couples who choose that route would be able to seek a divorce only on certain grounds.

6.   Despite these criticisms, many people in Louisiana believe that when the law takes effect covenant marriages will be a popular choice among young couples.

7.   Following a national trend, a pair of Senate committees this week approved a controversial bill allowing covenant marriages.

8.   In a covenant marriage, a married couple that still wants to get divorced after counseling must wait two years before courts will dissolve the marriage.

9.   Louisiana approved covenant marriages in August.

10.   Louisiana was the first to enact covenant marriages in August.