I can’t understand why would anyone be against divorce. By the way, this is fake — funny anyway.
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“I can’t understand why would anyone be against divorce.”
If you understood how miserable divorce makes people and how it divides families, you might.
Kinda Stale. The related hot issues would be requirements to marry or to have kiddies. It will come, or not. The issue is real whether we address it or not with all the consequences that flow therefrom.
You pay to get married. Seems like part of that fee could be counseling and a cooling off period for reflection. Even if open ended with no particular purpose in mind except giving time to think about it. I wonder how many marriages would be called off?
#1–Benji==do you EVER go below the surface of things, or do the reflections capture your attention so?
Actually, the guy has actually filed with the CA Secretary of State for a title for the initiative drive. I don’t know how far he plans to take it, but I think he mostly wants to go to all the people who donated to Prop 8, and say “You SAID that it wasn’t anything against gays; that you were just for protecting marriage… so put up or shut up.”
It will be fun to see how far it does get.
Totally voting for this.. Will even gather signatures to help get it on the ballot.
http://rescuemarriage.org/
Marriage is an anachronistic relic from the past. In the past, marriage was beneficial, in that society was enforcing 2 people to live and breed together as it was beneficial for their offspring, and for the community as a whole, as resources were low, and dependancy on children and the family structure was high. This is not the society we live in anymore.
I dont ever intend on getting married as I really dont see any benefit in it. I know there are tax benefits, but compared to the risk factor of losing half or most of your stuff should things go sour is too great a risk for my liking, as the courts always see things in the woman’s favor. We all know the stats of half of marriages failing. No one can be asked to say if they are going to be attracted and compatible with someone for the rest of their lives lives. Our personalities and our wants change as we grow and develop. In a society as free as ours, and as plentiful in resources and opportunities as ours, it is unreasonable to ask such a thing.
The only reason people get married is because it is so socially ingrained in us, that it is some sort of life path. You meet a girl…you go out…therefore you need to get MARRIED at some point.
If I love a girl and want to be with her forever, I’ll just do that. Really dont see why there is a need for a government certificate to “prove” that I love her.
Plus with the ease in which someone can divorce, the whole concept of the “vow” of marriage is somewhat redundant. If you had a business contract that said someone had to be your supplier forever…except in the case they change their mind and decide to void(divorce) the contract, you would say that the contract is pointless, as it doesnt guarantee anything. Why does the same logic not apply for marriage?
This is not to say that I think divorce should therefore be harder to get. That would be very unethical and againt the principles of a free society. I think the opposite, and that marriage should be pretty much scrapped all together. Either have a marriage that means something, or dont have it at all. This institution of half hearted marriage we have today is pointless though, and helps no one.
Funny parrody of anti-gay marriage people.
But I think divorce is wrong for if no other reason, that it’s the breaking of a vow. Which I consider very shameful.
#7–Mourn==for those reasons, why aren’t you “for” changing the vow? Silly and mindless to be “against” something and not suggest what you are for.
Bitches can fake orgasm, dudes can fake entire relationships.
Jesus spoke against divorce. He didn’t speak against homosexuality. But still the fundies get divorced, and condemn the homosexuals. If they want to “protect” marriage then banning divorce would be far more effective.
BTW, gay marriage has been legal in MA for over 5 years, and yet marriage still survives…
LOL. You go girl. Show the conservatives for the massive hypocrites they are. Make divorce illegal and REQUIRE children to be married. No more letting seniors get married for benefits or “companionship”. That’s anti-family! You either make new children (adoptions do NOT count) or you can’t get married.
That’s the argument against gay marriage (it’s for companionship and benefits and doesn’t “promote family”). So put up or shut up bigots! Prove me wrong, that you’re not bigots and vote for this!
can’t believe no one is commenting on the video. 2 minutes to tell a 30 second joke? c’mon people!
@bobbo
Well without the vow the whole enterprise is pretty worthless anyway, an eternal vow between people means something. Without it might as well do away with the whole institution.
PS
I’m not saying that divorce be illegal, government has no power or right in this area at all. But rather that divorce is something that I think should be thought of as very shameful.
#13 Morn
There is no ETERNAL vow in marriage. Death ends marriage.
As for marriage, it is legalised prostitution and nothing more. Usually low pay for the woman and low yield for the man.
As the saying goes you get what you pay for. That is why the really good hookers are 1000 bucks a half hour. Wives would KILL to make that.
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Another shining example of what’s wrong with the California initiative process.
pedro,
I can’t understand why would anyone be against divorce.
I guess you wouldn’t. I, though, see it as marriage was good enough for my parents, that makes it good enough for me. Of course, if your parents weren’t married there is a good probability you won’t either.
By the way, this is fake — funny anyway.
Again, if your parents weren’t married, you won’t see what a loving relationship is. It becomes natural for you to laugh and belittle what others have and you are incapable of ever attaining.
Divorce should be legal, but adultery should be criminal. Someone who signs a contract should be liable for breaking it. As it is now, your only liability is the risk of your spouse beating you or shooting you. If there were some sort of punishment for still-married people committing adultery, I bet we’d have fewer cases of domestic violence and murder.
That wasn’t funny.
I wouldn’t have a problem getting rid of no-fault divorce laws.
#18
There is no difference in the number of cases in domestic violence or murder either way.
If you do it, no laws will change that.
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