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Correct. I would offer, though, that people of her limited intellectual capacity/courage should just be avoided, or, if one finds oneself married to one, divorced. It’s not necessarily a political matter; it’s more a question of who you want on your team when life throws us the curves it so often does. This type of mind will turn on a friend or spouse. My lesson(s) on this point have been learned at great expense.

A true Conservative should not believe in divorce. When I was fourteen I had made up my mind that I would never be divorced. As time got on I would tell everyone that if I could no longer get along with my wife, I would move across the country and we would live apart, but divorce would never be an option. I have modified my beliefs such that I would agree that divorce of a spouse who was convicted of a capital crime or a similarly serious felony, or had committed life-threatening violent spousal abuse is justified.

Divorce is never something to be considered for a disagreement of any kind.

In 48 years of marriage my Wife and I have had ups and downs. I'll never forget telling my family that divorce was a possibility with my beautiful Wife. My Dad died of his last heart attack a few days later. It was as if my Dad sacrificed himself for our marriage and my Wife and I became closer during those bad times.

I have never couched this belief in religious faith, although Methodism by original nature is the epitome of conservative.

Political disagreements with my wife, I can handle. I consider that a private matter between the two of us. If however, she goes on national TV to try and shame me with them, like this woman did to her husband, I would have to seriously consider asking for a divorce.

This is similar to the situation with Kellyanne Conway and her husband. Her husband is a piece of crap for shaming her in the media over politics. Likewise, this woman is a piece of crap as well.

Fortunately I married well and my wife and I are for the most part on the same page politically. We both vote for Trump together, and go to his rallies too.

Thanks. I would tend to agree, and believe that we in our present society take divorce (and the vows of marriage) far, far, too lightly. I seriously regret— some years on, now— that it was necessary to divorce my wife, but it was. In marriage, we must believe our spouse to be an unwavering ally at a fundamental/spiritual level. If they are not, and openly identify themselves as an enemy, the options are few, and none of them good.