Making divorce limited and difficult would be a good thing for a fallen society to right itself. Having strict parental responsibilities to the children would also be appropriate. Marriage is not a dating issue, it is the most important single act any individual makes in their life. It should be treated as such.
you should not have to live with someone if you made a mistake, and it’s not working.
Plus I will mention DV/drunks/drugs/cheaters.
all good reasons to divorce.
They should get rid of no-fault, as well as recriminalizing alienation of affection laws. Also update paternity fraud laws as well and be able to sue for financial loss for momey spent on kids that aren’t yours.
What ‘Christian Right’???
Today, … a counter-revolution is brewing: Conservative commentators and lawmakers are calling for an end to no-fault divorce, arguing that it has harmed men and even destroyed the fabric of society.
Two excellent points.
Divorce should be permitted. But we're making it too easy for women to leave men. They get alimony and child support. So why stay?
Maybe we should get men off the hook regarding payments. Section 8 housing and food stamps for single mothers. I'll support that 100%. I think that's a healthy compromise.
Our birth rate is already very low. And what we've been doing the past generation or two is not working.
This sounds like an unsubstantiated lie. Perhaps martital violence dropped, but that would only be because there is now far less marriage. I highly doubt that the resulting increase in fatherlessness, serial cohabitation, and stepfather/mother's-boyfriend abuse due to the increased dissolution of marriage made our culture anything but more violent. The increase in divorce also led to a significant increase in poverty, out-of-wedlock pregnacy, abortion, and drug abuse. This is President Reagan's biggest mistake.