Comments on: Why don’t we outlaw divorce? http://bonsaiblog.net/2008/11/25/why-dont-we-outlaw-divorce/ I don't care care what you think, as long as it's about me Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:55:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Paul http://bonsaiblog.net/2008/11/25/why-dont-we-outlaw-divorce/comment-page-1/#comment-44451 Paul Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:45:51 +0000 http://bonsaiblog.net/?p=210#comment-44451 " “Tradition” can be a scary thing when you make everyone live by it. Tradition is just a societal custom of social or religious value. When you say that “this is only to better America and keep our traditional values pure,” you forget one of America’s most important traditions: freedom of choice. " That was exactly what I was getting at. A lot of my posts, such as this one, take a radically conservative view on an issue and show how ridiculous it is to keep 'tradition' going. Usually it's alluding to gay marriage because that's one of my most important issues. ” “Tradition” can be a scary thing when you make everyone live by it. Tradition is just a societal custom of social or religious value. When you say that “this is only to better America and keep our traditional values pure,” you forget one of America’s most important traditions: freedom of choice. ”

That was exactly what I was getting at. A lot of my posts, such as this one, take a radically conservative view on an issue and show how ridiculous it is to keep ‘tradition’ going. Usually it’s alluding to gay marriage because that’s one of my most important issues.

]]> By: Dylan http://bonsaiblog.net/2008/11/25/why-dont-we-outlaw-divorce/comment-page-1/#comment-43943 Dylan Sun, 07 Dec 2008 04:48:42 +0000 http://bonsaiblog.net/?p=210#comment-43943 "Tradition" can be a scary thing when you make everyone live by it. Tradition is just a societal custom of social or religious value. When you say that "this is only to better America and keep our traditional values pure," you forget one of America's most important traditions: freedom of choice. By outlawing divorce you would be forcing people to follow a tradition of religious origin, which could be argued to violate the First Amendment. Also, all of those stuck with abusive or cheating spouses would be left without a way of ending their abominable relationship to start a new one. The abused spouse can turn in their partner to the authorities, but should they not be given the choice to end their marriage and start a better one once their spouse is in prison? I do agree with you in that there are way too many divorces and the value of marriage is far too low, but your method of enforcing the value of marriage is what I disagree with. In my opinion, I think a "get the message out" sort of approach would be better. More than half of the divorces in the US are by couples under the age of 30. We should start putting higher values on smarter choices in marriage and encouraging long-lasting relationships. I agree completely with your "purity" morals but believe in strongly that the choice others make should always be their own. Besides, its not like someone else's divorce will affect me in any way (unless I know them well or they are family members {but it's still not my relationship}). “Tradition” can be a scary thing when you make everyone live by it. Tradition is just a societal custom of social or religious value. When you say that “this is only to better America and keep our traditional values pure,” you forget one of America’s most important traditions: freedom of choice. By outlawing divorce you would be forcing people to follow a tradition of religious origin, which could be argued to violate the First Amendment. Also, all of those stuck with abusive or cheating spouses would be left without a way of ending their abominable relationship to start a new one. The abused spouse can turn in their partner to the authorities, but should they not be given the choice to end their marriage and start a better one once their spouse is in prison?
I do agree with you in that there are way too many divorces and the value of marriage is far too low, but your method of enforcing the value of marriage is what I disagree with. In my opinion, I think a “get the message out” sort of approach would be better. More than half of the divorces in the US are by couples under the age of 30. We should start putting higher values on smarter choices in marriage and encouraging long-lasting relationships. I agree completely with your “purity” morals but believe in strongly that the choice others make should always be their own. Besides, its not like someone else’s divorce will affect me in any way (unless I know them well or they are family members {but it’s still not my relationship}).

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