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Texas Republicans want to end no-fault divorce. Here's what that means (www.chron.com)
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For people like Morgan, however, no-fault divorce has stripped him of what he views as a constitutional right to protest the dissolution.

He told Chron his views were shaped by watching his father go through a divorce and later experiencing divorce himself, one he did not want.

"When we utter our vows, many people say, 'Till death do you part.'....My vows are more important than anything… I made this vow to God, and my wife was the beneficiary of my vow," Morgan argued.

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[–] 22 points 3 weeks ago* (2 children)

Before then, spouses seeking a divorce generally had to provide sufficient evidence of wrongdoing to persuade a court to grant one

Grounds included adultery, abandonment, extreme cruelty, intemperance and lengthy imprisonment.

Aside from the obvious that it's wrong to keep someone locked in a marriage they don't want, this seems like an enormous waste of court resources, taking the time to determine facts and make subjective judgments to make the details of people's personal relationships a matter of law. How can someone be so deranged as to think their spouse wanting to leave them is the responsibility of the government to fix?

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago

    When you've already twisted your world to accept that god speaks through liars, pedophiles and murderers, and cares so deeply about your cock that he sent holy orders on how to even touch it, it's not a far stretch.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago

    》Grounds included adultery, abandonment, extreme cruelty, intemperance and lengthy imprisonment.

    Up to an (often conservative) judge that may end up telling the woman to "seek God" instead of granting the divorce.

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