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Old Aug 11, 2007, 02:04 PM
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constitutional amendment to ban all divorces

How many of you would endorse a constitutional amendment to ban all divorces

Boy would that change the social decay in America.

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Old Aug 14, 2007, 10:57 AM   #51  
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we raise our children correctly, they will go on to choose what is morally right.
I hope so. It's a good ideal to study foreign methods of educating your children. I think it will assist you with a great benefit.
It's only a suggestion. Please be open minded.
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I try to stay open minded at all times, thanks for the suggestion!
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Banning divorce does not a happy marriage make.

Besides, it might have the unfortunate side-effect of increasing homicides.

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Banning divorce does not a happy marriage make.

Besides, it might have the unfortunate side-effect of increasing homicides.
Or suicides.
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Wow. This topic has heated up. I think you have to look at WHY? in alot of our "issues". Why is this happening? Or why is that happening? Is there a common denominator? Banning divorce just opens a can of worms. Why is the divorce rate up? What can we do to fix what is apparently breaking?
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Wow. This topic has heated up. I think you have to look at WHY? in alot of our "issues". Why is this happening? Or why is that happening? Is there a common denominator? Banning divorce just opens a can of worms. Why is the divorce rate up? What can we do to fix what is apparently breaking?
The breakdown of the traditional family has been a hot topic for years; and I suppose one of the most written about topics there are. So much of it has been couched in religious/moral terms I just thought it about time family break-up was discussed in legal terms.

But I guess a lot like illegal immigration, most people just want to consider the moral and not the legal aspect.
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Oh, I'm with you on the legal side of the immigration issue. I don't want my neighbor to be a criminal whose first act on coming to the country was breaking the law.

The whole thing with the banning of divorce--haven't I been arguing the legal side of it?

The thing is...making divorce illegal isnt' going to SOLVE anything. It's Prohibition all over again! I might be more with you if I could see how it would actually fix anything!
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The reason marriages stayed together in years past is because the woman had no power and no options. If she got a good guy - that's great. How many other had to stay with abusers or cheats simply because they could not support themselves or their children.

The past may have seem like better times, but I bet there are a lot of women (and children) that suffered greatly.
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The reason marriages stayed together in years past is because the woman had no power and no options. If she got a good guy - that's great. How many other had to stay with abusers or cheats simply because they could not support themselves or their children.

The past may have seem like better times, but I bet there are a lot of women (and children) that suffered greatly.
It is difficult to get out of a certain frame of thinking, but consider this. Enforcing the law, “Till death do up part” would certainly deter a man from leaving his wife for another if he had to spend some time in jail. As far as a woman being committed to abuse, there are already laws against that. The focus should be on each person to enter marriage only after giving it the fullest of though and not something decided after a one night stand. Think about what groups have the highest rate of marriage failure.
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It is difficult to get out of a certain frame of thinking, but consider this. Enforcing the law, “Till death do up part” would certainly deter a man from leaving his wife for another if he had to spend some time in jail. As far as a woman being committed to abuse, there are already laws against that. The focus should be on each person to enter marriage only after giving it the fullest of though and not something decided after a one night stand. Think about what groups have the highest rate of marriage failure.
"Till death do us part" is a part of the vows, which you don't have to recite. Many people write their own vows; so would those people be excluded from your ban? If they said it, couldn't they lie and say they didn't (no video to prove it) to find a loophole? I still don't understand the logic of putting someone who had an affair behind bars; it makes no sense. Our jails and prisons are crowded enough, our courts are bogged down enough, why do we need to start involving something which can be solved personally? Beyond that, I'm with synnen, I still don't know what you think a ban on divorce or criminalizing adultery would fix. Do you honestly blame all of the so-called "moral decay" on divorce and cheating spouses? Seriously???

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