"That's a nice marriage vow you just took..."
"... for me to poop on!"
Posted on 02/10/2005 8:31:49 AM PST by MikeEdwards
The debate over gay marriage and the entire homosexual agenda was a point of great contention in the 2004 election cycle, as voters in 13 states passed local marriage-protection amendments. Just this past month, the U.S. Senate reintroduced the Marriage Protection Amendment, which would use the Constitution to define and protect traditional marriage as being the union of one man and one woman.
Of course the radical gay rights activists are livid about this, but they need to face the facts. As decadent as modern America has become, the average citizen still doesn’t embrace the idea of unelected judicial tyrants tampering with the sanctity of marriage by sanctioning same-sex nuptials.
But frankly, the real threat to traditional marriage in America does not lie with the future social change agenda of the homosexuals. This column isn’t about gay marriage, or even about homosexuals. This is about the demise of traditional marriage--and that occurred more than three decades ago with the advent of "No-Fault Divorce."
When the no-fault doctrine was established as law in the 1970s, the idea of marriage as a permanent bond became less important. "’Til death do us part" became passé, and divorce rates quickly doubled nationwide.
According to the National Center on Health Statistics, 43 percent of all first marriages now end in divorce within 15 years. Second and later marriages fall apart at an even higher rate. Overall, more than 50 percent of all marriages break up in divorce courts. No-fault divorce is a big problem because there is no longer anything to keep a spouse from simply walking out on a marriage.
Children suffer the most. . . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at canadafreepress.com ...
I break with thee, I break with thee, I break with thee....
Now, I throw poopie on your shoes.........
As long as states don't allow queer couples to adopt, this won't be a problem.
I think it ought to be harder to dissolve a queer union.
They made such a fuss about it, stick 'em with it.
No fault divorce does not make it easier for the injured party. I went through a messy ugly divorce due to my ex walking out on our marriage to be with another woman. Years of abuse and infidelity on his part played no part in how the divorce played out. I had to fight to get every penny allowed under law (and still came out short). In addition, I filed for divorce and had to do all the work, so my legal bills were double his. If fault had come into play, at least I could have asked the court to have him help contribute to my legal fees.
Oh, the lawyers are just drooling all over this HUGE Pandora's Box that is going to open....
"That's a nice marriage vow you just took..."
"... for me to poop on!"
Yes. Efforts toward "saving marriage" need to go there.
Agreed. No fault divorce should be called "all fault" divorce. I went through something similar. By not making it easy, it allows lawyers to play too many games, stretch things out and generally "stink up" what might be civilized agreements to drive their own fees upward. I would say the biggest supporters of homosexual marriage are lawyers.
Marriage shouldn't be such an easy union to enter in the first place. No more drive thru weddings in Vegas. No more 24 hour turn-arounds on marriage licenses. If, as homosexual lobbyists claim, marriage is merely a legal status, then it should be treated with the all the reverence we give other legal matters such as obtaining a mortgage or beginning a corporation or an LLC. If it takes a person 3-5 months to purchase a home, then it should take at least that long to marry. And whatever happened to the old tradition of posting the banns? A couple about to marry should have to post legal notices in the newspapers for at least two weeks.
Marriage is not a joke. It is not a temporary union until one partner feels they've "changed" and decide to to move on. You shouldn't marry a person you've known for merely a few months.
And yes, people change in a marriage; but that's what marriage is about: growing & changing as people together. That's why no fault divorce, along with the idea that "men and women are the same," has absolutely rotted marriage. Men and women are two equal parts of one whole. When that concept was destroyed, it was only "natural" that homosexuals would think marriage was for them too.
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