Ann Coulter appeared on John Stossel's show and discussed a variety of issues. I was super excited about her marriage related remarks. It takes a lot of courage to support traditional marriage these days, so I am really happy she did. She said several different things about marriage that I'd like to comment on.
1. Divorce. She mentioned that divorce should be harder, and she's absolutely correct. But, I would have liked to her elaborate as to WHY.
Just for reference: 30-40 years ago, divorce used to be fault based. In other words, the husband or the wife had to have done something really awful in order for a divorce to be granted. Not so any more. Now we have "no fault divorce," which really means unilateral divorce. Unilateral divorce means one person can terminate the marriage for any reason, or no reason. There is no other area of contract law where one party can terminate without cause. (Not that marriage is strictly a contract, because it is not. But you get the idea.)
1. Divorce. She mentioned that divorce should be harder, and she's absolutely correct. But, I would have liked to her elaborate as to WHY.
Just for reference: 30-40 years ago, divorce used to be fault based. In other words, the husband or the wife had to have done something really awful in order for a divorce to be granted. Not so any more. Now we have "no fault divorce," which really means unilateral divorce. Unilateral divorce means one person can terminate the marriage for any reason, or no reason. There is no other area of contract law where one party can terminate without cause. (Not that marriage is strictly a contract, because it is not. But you get the idea.)