"I look at purgation from the standpoint of Gen 2:18, "And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him." That's what marriage is for. Everything else is commentary."
LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyone who doesn't believe that should sit down with an old country lawyer like me and hear why he has refused to take a divorce case/domestic relations matter for more than 20 years now!
"hear why he has refused to take a divorce case/domestic relations matter for more than 20 years now!"
I have to take a couple a year for my best corporate clients and they take more out of me than long contested civil trials. They never end. Everything is used as leverage, especially children. It should all be handled through binding arbitration with the parties sitting next to each other and drinking water without a "potty" break until it is resolved.
Five years ago, JP the Great wrote these words:
"...Resolute opposition to any legal or administrative measures that introduce divorce or that equate de facto unions -- including those between homosexuals -- with marriage must be accompanied by a pro-active attitude, acting through juridical provisions that tend to improve the social recognition of true marriage in the framework of legal orders that unfortunately admit divorce.
Material cooperation with divorce for judges
On the other hand, professionals in the field of civil law should avoid being personally involved in anything that might imply a cooperation with divorce. For judges this may prove difficult, since the legal order does not recognize a conscientious objection to exempt them from giving sentence. For grave and proportionate motives they may therefore act in accord with the traditional principles of material cooperation. But they too must seek effective means to encourage marital unions, especially through a wisely handled work of reconciliation.
Lawyers, as independent professionals, should always decline the use of their profession for an end that is contrary to justice, as is divorce. They can only cooperate in this kind of activity when, in the intention of the client, it is not directed to the break-up of the marriage, but to the securing of other legitimate effects that can only be obtained through such a judicial process in the established legal order (cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 2383). In this way, with their work of assisting and reconciling persons who are going through a marital crises, lawyers truly serve the rights of the person and avoid becoming mere technicians at the service of any interest whatever..."
I agree, wholeheartedly.