Well, there are a host of things. It isn't so much the belief that a non-fundy marriage isn't real (there is a lot of that sort of parochial thinking... take a look at the RC) so much as a belief that people are weak willed and need a strong paternal force, in this case the church/state, to keep them on the strait and narrow.
Because a Unitarian, a Roman Catholic, [gasp] even an atheist, can get one of these.
But the idea is that no-fault divorce is why so many marriages break up.
A soupcon of ignorance (about relative divorce rates) and arrogance (that what we think works for us, will work for everyone) and you get this sort of thing. Thankfully it has not caught on (and we'll see in five years or so how well those who used it do... one wonders, can one flee the state, then file; after establishing residence in some other state, short of the limit? What would the conflicting aspects of full faith and credit do?).
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Date: 2005-02-21 06:47 pm (UTC)Because a Unitarian, a Roman Catholic, [gasp] even an atheist, can get one of these.
But the idea is that no-fault divorce is why so many marriages break up.
A soupcon of ignorance (about relative divorce rates) and arrogance (that what we think works for us, will work for everyone) and you get this sort of thing. Thankfully it has not caught on (and we'll see in five years or so how well those who used it do... one wonders, can one flee the state, then file; after establishing residence in some other state, short of the limit? What would the conflicting aspects of full faith and credit do?).
TK