Divorce Grounds

Christians, would you vote for a law that made divorce illegal?

Divorce undermines the sanctity of marriage and if you make divorce illegal, we'll protect our children from being taught in schools that divorce is okay and that it's normal. Why would you not want to vote to make divorce illegal? Don't you care about the children?

Public Comments

1. I don't think they would. Some Christians get divorces, too, you know. And this sounds exactly like the arguments they use against same-sex marriage. Grr.
2. No. "Render onto Cesar..."
3. i care about children but people get divorced for lots of reasons. why force someone to be with someone else when they dont want to. i think it would harm children more to see their parents fighting all the time.
4. LOL no, why would you ask that?
5. I think that divorces should be made harder to get. They should have to prove why they need one. So I would get rid of the no fault easy divorce we have now.
6. What if a man is beating his wife??? You sound like an extremist.. Even the Taliban believe in divorces...
7. Not illegal as some divorces are truly justifiable... but I do believe that whole irreconcilable differences crap just needs to go... I think that it should be harder to marry and harder to divorce... that way the two people involved are forced to think long and hard about the decision they are about to make in either regard...
8. No, because that's far too broad. Divorce doesn't always undermine the sanctity of marriage. Divorce is legitimate when there is domestic abuse or infidelity in the relationship (and probably in some other exceptional circumstances too). However, many Christians believe that homosexual marriage is wrong under any circumstances. That's why some of them don't support it being legal.
9. Because sometimes people change into a different person than they were when you married them. For instance my dad cheated on my mom....should it have been illegal to want to divorce him? I think not. Think about all the children that would be hurt if they were in households full of parents that were fighting..or seeing their mothers being beat up by husbands they couldn't leave, or with parents that didnt love each other anymore.
10. would i vote for a law that made divorce illegal----- heck no who said divorce undermines the sanctity of marriage.. christians are allowed to divorce under certain circunstances.... why would i not want to make divorce illegal... b/c a lot of people today are married for all the wrong reasons and they find out that they indeed married the wrong person.. chrisitans do this as well.... care about children.. yes i care about the children, but u are assuming that children wont be happy or nurtured if they only have 1 parent .. this is not correct and if i was in an abusive realtionship and my husband just happened to be crazy, caring for the children wouldnt be an issue if i came up dead.......
11. No I would not. You cannot legislate morality, and forcing people to stay in abusive relationships does not help the children.
12. Many Christians divorce, many Christians are against gays "Christianity is a morality that Christians beleive is best for there neighbor"
13. Thanks for this question. You have caused me to think. As a Christian, I'm against abortion and gay marriage, but I wouldn't support making divorce illegal although I don't agree with it. Now I have to evaluate why.
14. No I would not vote to make divorce illegal. I think in extreme circumstances (like abuse) it should be allowed. It should be more difficult to get both married and divorced because I think too many people rush into marriage without looking at long term issues and sometimes I think people give up too easily on a marriage because it is so easy to get divorced.
15. Even Jesus understood in EXTREME circumstances, there would be divorce and a need for it. But with that being said, everything you said was true. That divorce is a scourge to the family structure. That is where our govt has failed us giving welfare, offering, and even preferring to be our kids' dad in our place. Men have zero rights when it comes to our kids and the govt is making welfare moms in droves with NO father in their life either by design of the mother or perhaps the father themself isnt all that great. Whatever the case may be, we need to make laws that are JUST, and ALLOW men to be husbands and fathers. The govt has to stop taking care of all these welfare moms that leave their husbands at whim to follow really stupid pursuits in life making their kids victims.
16. Biblically, divorce is legal for marital unfaithfulness Beyond that Sure I would Keep in mind now that there different forms of marital unfaithfulness, not just cheating. Beating, leaving would be two I could name Kp
17. Your logic is a Non Sequitur as well as an affront to critical thinking. The sanctity of marriage is violated when either one commits adultery. Even Jesus Christ said this was grounds for divorce. Your "law" would make things even worse for a woman married to an adulterer. And what if you found yourself married to an alcoholic who is abusive to you and your children? Do you really want to stay with that mate? What if the mate tried to even kill one of your children? Your idea shows a great deal of a lack of thought and understanding of reality. You wouldn't happen to be a Democrat?
18. "Saint" Mother Theresa spent more money fighting against divorce then she did on the poor. She and her minions frequently refused aid to Protestant neighborhoods (and Muslim neighborhoods) unless the people in need were willing to come in and listen to pro-Catholic (anti-divorce and anti-birthcontrol) lectures.
19. if you made divorce illegal you'd see a lot of people walking around with kids outside of marriage plenty of people would pull a Brangelina and just stay together, and then what constitutes a marriage and a family would be rewritten. plenty of people would NOT get married and just live together so, if you're a Christian asking this question, and if you want to protect the children, then stay out of it "render Caesar's things to Caesar, and God's things to God"- the bible itself even says that you can divorce on the grounds of infidelity. If God says its ok on those terms, them who are we to try to change it? And fyi- divorce would never be illegal.
20. NO, I would not vote to make divorce illegal. Not voting to make divorce illegal does not instantly mean one doesn't care about children. That's a wrong assumption. divorce is legal in Christianity, it's just not the best option in all cases and should be a last resort, in my opinion. I wish people had more trouble getting married, honestly. Marriage is not something that should be entered into lightly, or without education.
21. I wouldn't make divorce illegal... For the most part, most people divorce because they truly cannot work things out in their mind. When most people divorce, separation is truly the better way. Yes, it defies the sanctity of marriage, and you should commit to the marriage at all costs, but especially if you have children, divorce should be an option because some people marry for the wrong reasons and might realize things later.... Although if you plan on divorcing just to marry again, you should just stay married. "Until death do you part," as in you can only remarry if your spouse you divorced dies (don't go and kill him/her though!). I only recently had a seminar on relationships....I'm still taking in the information and interpreting it as my own, and that's as far as I've come. Marriage is a symbol of God's own love. Yes, love is an emotion, but it isn't only an emotion. When you love someone, it's a commitment, and marriage is a symbol of that commitment (while being a commitment in its own thing). If you're willing to commit to something for life, you better be sure you have the heart to. Some additional tips- the length you date someone doesn't really matter. I mean, don't marry someone after a day, but when you're dating, people put their best foot foward, and you can never truly know a person until you're married to that person. Living in marriage is different from living in a dating relationship because people just act differently. Moreover, not everyone is Christian, and by enforcing a law that would surely cause a great uproar, even more people would be afraid or angry or etc at Christians/Christianity, on top of people who already are against Christianity because they generalize based on some stupid people they've met who call themselves Christians.