[RogerFGay]

Why should the one who files lose everything, if the other spouse abdicated his responsiblity to the marriage? If you get fed up enough, you shouldn't have to put up with someone who lives in the house, but refuses to live up to his or her marital responsibilities.

It is not my position that the person who files should automatically lose everything, but I am sympathetic to the direction of the argument. What value is there to the marraige vows when the government uses its power to contravene when one party abandons them? Marriage is no longer an institution recognized by government and does not legally exist. What do we have to do to force our government to recognize and respect marraige? While we're at it, what do we have to do to force our government to recognize and respect individual rights, the cornerstone of western civilization?

[FITZ]

What do we have to do to force our government to recognize and respect marraige?

Maybe marriage is better off without the government involved in it at all. The government tends to screw up everything when it does become involved.