Is Divorce Too Easy?
With the divorce rate continuing to soar, some family advocates are calling for legislation making it more difficult to dissolve a marriage. What do you think about toughening divorce laws?
Kenny Cooper,
Construction Worker
"Can't these fat-cat legislators in Washington figure out some way to make two people love each other?"
Adrian Pulsipher,
Podiatrist
"With divorces so easy to obtain, what kind of message are we sending our children—that it's okay to not like being unhappy?"
Pamela Hyland,
Systems Analyst
"Before a couple gets a divorce, the least they can do is have one last baby to try to save the marriage."
Theodore Kolb,
Roofer
"Our divorce laws need to protect the real victims in all of this: the people who buy expensive wedding gifts for doomed couples. That breadmaker for the Silvermans cost me $250."
Jon Loftus,
Math Teacher
"Friend, I've been through it. And law or no law, nothing is more heartbreaking than losing that 60 percent higher tax deduction for filing jointly."
Irene Abrams,
Pharmacist
"You mean people can still get married? That bastard lied to me!"
