This is a Church issue. The last thing we need are government bureaucrats telling folks who they have to spend the rest of their lives with.
Shhesh
You should educate yourself on the fundamentals before spouting off with a stupid remark like that.
Marriage is the backbone to any great society. There must be laws to promote marriages between a man and a woman. And laws which punish those who seek to destroy marriage and society.
Unfortunately liberals have found power in destroying the family, replacing the father with a welfare check, and enslaving blacks and minorities with welfare benefits as they enhance divorce laws and even promote queer marriages.
This is way much more than a Church issue.
it involves tax money and property and health care etc....its a govt issue to be sure, and it would be best for the govt....that would be we the taxpayers.....for families to stay intact....but I don’t know how a govt can force that on anyone....
Then why did the couple go down to the court house to file for a marriage license in the first place?
If the government is going to give benefits to certain people who engage in a certain behavior, they should have a say in the termination of that behavior.
Nobody forced the couple to apply for a marriage license.
Nobody forced them to file as a married couple on their taxes.
Nobody forced one spouse to accept benefits earned by the other spouse.
These were things that the government offered to them in exchange for being married because the government has an interest in parents raising children together.
The bill only applies to couples with minor children.
In our present welfare state, unfortunately, divorces involving children often becomes an issue involving the state.
This is a band-aid on a bigger problem, but I wouldn’t dismiss it as a church-only issue.