Since Ronald Reagan signed the ruling allowing No Fault Divorce in the California in 1969 divorce rates in the USA have sky-rocketed. The number of divorces went from 708,000 in 1970 to a staggering 1,036,000 just five years later.

It’s much the same story in the UK too, as the well voiced statistic states 1 in 3 marriages end in divorce.

Because of the ruling one partner in a marriage was able to apply and successfully get a divorce under the ‘irreconcilable differences’ banner, meaning that the other partner had no choice but to accept the ruling. Much like breaking up a relationship, if one person in the relationship wants to end it, the other person has to accept it.

It makes sense, it stops couples staying together when they really don’t want to be together. Imagine if you had a girlfriend and you wanted to end the relationship, but required her permission to do so. That’s basically what the divorce law used to be, and it’s exactly what ‘Marriage Savers’ want it to become again.

The marriage and counselling agency based Maryland want to make it harder for couples to divorce. They think bot parties should agree that a divorce is required, hoping that it will force more people to stay together.

What a monumentally stupid idea. What benefit is there to anyone, including children, if one of their parents is forced to remain in a loveless marriage because the other parent refuses to accept the marriage is over?

Is it any great surprise that this story came from the Christian Post?

Yep, that’s what happens when religious people get involved with life. They make really stupid suggestions based on their own ‘hammered home’ values, yet have a total lack of understanding of the way the real world works.

Clive Bellmore