The Witherspoon Institute has a perceptive post on marriage called "TheFeminist, Pro-Father, and Pro-Child Case against No-Fault Divorce." What we do not view as sacred will not be treated as sacred.
Women, ironically, fought hard for no-fault divorce. But even the flaming feminist Betty Friedan later admitted that it had "unintended consequences" and was a bad idea.
...these days it seems like it is easier to get out of a marriage than it is to get out of a cellphone contract.... no one would deny that the widespread legalization of no-fault divorce beginning in the early 1970s saw an explosion of divorce in this country.
Yet as social conservatives, and even many liberals, wring their hands about marital and familial breakdown, few seem to question whether our experiment with treating marriage like a restaurant experience—order what you like and send it back if you change your mind—is worth reconsidering.
.... Read the rest of the article on how no-fault divorce hurts everyone.
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