Protect Marriage!!

[JCL]

Originally Posted by blondboinsd

I think it's funny and at the same time very out of the box. What would happen if people couldn't divorce? All this talk about "protecting marriage" I for one welcome it. I think it would be great! If you are going to get married you should stay married, it's not some 2 year hitch. Imagine what it would be like, really gets you thinking...

I have lived in a country without a divorce law (Chile). It doesn't protect marriage in any sense. It has a huge negative impact on half of the people involved in marriages that break up. Marriages still break up, but now there is no legally enforced child support, no spousal support, no rights for those abandoned. You can't legislate fidelity, or people staying together, so it ends up being a false security.