No-Fault Divorce, Are Republicans REALLY this dumb?
No-fault divorce is just the latest effort by Republicans to shoot themselves in the foot. Seriously, do their states not have more pressing matters?
Republicans across the country are now reconsidering no-fault divorce. There isn’t a huge mystery behind the campaign: Like the crusades against abortion and contraception, making it more difficult to leave an unhappy marriage is about control. … Last year, the Republican Party of Texas added language to its platform calling for an end to no-fault divorce: “We urge the Legislature to rescind unilateral no-fault divorce laws, to support covenant marriage, and to pass legislation extending the period of time in which a divorce may occur to six months after the date of filing for divorce.”
Ah, the good old days, when men and women were stuck in loveless marriages for their entire lives. When men could keep women under their thumb while keeping mistresses and doing whatever the hell else they wanted.
A time when women could own no property, were not eligible for credit, and were considered merely an extension of their husbands.
Thank God conservative hero RONALD REAGAN signed the first no-fault divorce bill into California law in 1969.
Fast forward to 2023 and Republicans, on the heels of having stepped in it with the issue of abortion, are talking about changing divorce law. Good luck with that.
IF ANYTHING is going to backfire, it’s this lame-brained scheme. Couples will just choose to not get married or, if they want a divorce, they’ll just agree on a reason.
