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***What is so horrible about divorce? Sure it’s sad but it can be a necessity.***

I don’t know if you posted this to the right person because I agree that divorce can be necessary. My own mother was divorced three times (to men she never should’ve married) and I wouldn’t want her to be married to any of those men today.

There are valid reasons for a marriage to split.

But people give up *way* too easily. It’s not something that should be entered into lightly or taken apart without good reason.

I honestly believe that no-fault divorce has created it’s own problem.

If people knew that it was really difficult to get out of a marriage, perhaps they’d take more care before going in. Maybe we’d all be a little more selective when choosing our mates.

The issue of this tread was specifically this: Is it alright to divorce your spouse specifically because they are ill? Most of us agree that abandonment, adultery, abuse and addiction are all valid reasons to divorce a mate. Most of us agree that illness is not.

I think that a lot of it comes down to ‘willful’ intent. A mate that chooses drugs, chooses to abuse or chooses to cheat is breaking the covenant.

A mate that falls ill has no intention of hurting their spouse. They are innocent and should not be abandoned.

The marriage vows specifically state, “in sickness and in health.” Pat Robertson’s twisting of Alzheimers to ‘a kind of death’ is disingenuous and not something that should be taught by a Man of G-d.