Lucid1 Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 Hi everyone, Check this out. I love this guy, but I especially love this one because I think we need some new ideas. I posted about this idea myself a while back. About the idea that our societies idea of marriage just isn't working and we need some creative new ways of thinking about the whole thing. We have a 40-50% divorce rate, a rate so high that if our hospitals or our automobiles or anything else failed at that rate, we'd demand change. Yet with marriage, our most important and most common legal contract, almost half of them fail and end up destroying families along with the incidental but substantial damage to society. Maybe shorter-term contracts are one possible way to do things differently? Not the only possibility, and maybe not even a workable one, but then take a look at this: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/10/12/notes101211.DTL&ao=all He makes a heck of a good point. I sure don't know what's needed, all I know is I'm divorced and it sucks for everone involved. There's gotta be a better way to do this. Thanks again to all the great people here. You'll never know how much you've helped. B
imagine Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 I live in a high divorce area. South Africa. We have the highest crime rate the highest HIV rate and sex is a recreation and a job opportunity for those that are unemployed. I teach in a township. 95% do not have parents that live together. These kids are unskilled, ill disciplined and have poor memory ability. No marriage. Look at us as the future.
2.50 a gallon Posted October 20, 2011 Posted October 20, 2011 I am not buying it and think that it will only make matters worse, and in fact raise the divorce rate even higher. Sounds to me like a sneaky way for the government to get into your wallet, as every time to you have to reup the marriage you have to pay a fee. I myself feel that part of our problem is that we have made marriage disposable with all of the no-fault states. And this would make it even easier. I am old enough to remember what it was like beofre all of the no-fault laws were enacted. And in fact was working in the court system at that time, and can say that as soon as the no-fault laws were enacted we saw an almost immediate increase in the cases filed. There are numerous reasons for the high divorce rate and there is no way we can plug all of the cracks. However I advocate the tossing out the no-fault laws and and re-enacting the alienation of affection laws.
imagine Posted October 20, 2011 Posted October 20, 2011 "However I advocate the tossing out the no-fault laws and and re-enacting the alienation of affection laws" Oh Yes!!
marqueemoon4 Posted October 20, 2011 Posted October 20, 2011 "However I advocate the tossing out the no-fault laws and and re-enacting the alienation of affection laws" Oh Yes!! I agree completely.. especially if there are children involved!
jaymz Posted October 20, 2011 Posted October 20, 2011 However I advocate the tossing out the no-fault laws and and re-enacting the alienation of affection laws. What does that mean? For those who live the other side of the pond.
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