MissingChico
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08-20-10 02:53 PM - Post#116985
Granted, this is from an opponent of Dan Webster, but I find the idea of someone even considering such a law in the US completely insane.
Dan Webster -- endorsed in the primary by the Orlando Sentinel and by Jeb Bush -- may not have a clue on what to do about joblessness, homelessness, expensive healthcare, no money for schools or endless war. But he does know what to do about divorce.
Ban it.
In the Florida Legislature, Dan Webster sponsored and supported a bill to institute "covenant marriage." In a covenant marriage, you can't get divorced.
So Dan Webster's bill reduces the institution of marriage to a roach motel: You can check in, but you can't check out.
With one exception: adultery. So, let's say that your husband, God forbid, has been abusing you. And you need a divorce. You have only one option. According to Dan Webster's law, you would need to deliberately commit infidelity in order to get a divorce.
Ah, but here's the catch. Under Dan Webster's law, if both parties cheat on each other, then they can't get a divorce. Ever. They're locked in holy matrimony, forever. Like two scorpions in a bottle. So if you cheat on him to get away from him, and it turns out that he's cheated on you, well then . . . .
There is only one place where in the entire world where both divorce and annulment are forbidden: The Taliban Government in Northwest Pakistan. And Taliban Dan wants to institute the same rule here. The man with the 19th century name wants to pass 13th century laws, which you and I will have to live by.
Dan Webster is not some fringe candidate. He was Speaker of the Florida House. He was Majority Leader of the Florida Senate. He was in the State Legislature for 28 years. And, as stated above, our daily newspaper and former Governor Jeb Bush have endorsed him in the primary.
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MissingChico
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08-20-10 03:05 PM - Post#116986
In response to MissingChico
It's even part of his campaign. You can't make this stuff up.
http://www.electwebster.com/issues
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nomoon
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08-20-10 03:10 PM - Post#116987
In response to MissingChico
My understanding was that the legislation proposed that a covenant marriage would be an option that a couple could choose, not a requirement.
I think that a divorce isn't an option in the Philippines either, although I think that some are annulments occur.
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MissingChico
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08-20-10 03:25 PM - Post#116988
In response to nomoon
Much of the law you find in the Philippines in based on Catholic principles. Those same principles result in much of the poverty and sex trade in that country as well. I don't support theocratic law there or here.
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Maurice
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08-20-10 04:05 PM - Post#116993
In response to MissingChico
This would never fly, especially with the divorce rate as it is in the US now. If people want to be married, they should be allowed to the same as they should be allowed to be divorced for whatever reasons they have.
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Aolain
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08-20-10 05:23 PM - Post#117004
In response to Maurice
Maurice:
Yep, if a couple marry of their own free will, they should be able to divorce of their own free will.
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rtinallentx
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08-21-10 12:29 PM - Post#117040
In response to Aolain
Absolutely not. We have to protect the institution of marriage.
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Jimi Ray Clapton
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08-21-10 01:28 PM - Post#117042
In response to rtinallentx
The formal modern institution of marriage is just kinda silly. No question about it... once you step away from the herd mentality and examine it closely and critically.
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Aolain
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08-21-10 01:31 PM - Post#117043
In response to rtinallentx
Hmmm.
You believe divorce should be forbidden?
I was talking about if a man and woman marry of their own free will, they should be able to end that marriage of their own free will.
I may not have been clear.
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Maurice
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08-21-10 08:13 PM - Post#117069
In response to rtinallentx
Divorce should not be forbidden, ever. I do agree that there should be other steps people can take first, to try to save the marriage, if they choose to but I don't see how forcing people to stay in a marriage is 'protecting the institution' in any way, shape or form. If anything, it would tell people to NOT get married for fear of a Taliban like mentality against divorce.
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rtinallentx
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08-22-10 02:12 AM - Post#117078
In response to Aolain
I was being sarcastic.
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