Word: divorcee
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Perhaps it seems like she is always the victim because she so often refuses to take action. According to this week's Newsweek, Diana was careful in 1992 to make sure that it was the Prince and not herself to move for a separation. She does the same again in...
Last week, Ireland voted to end its ban on divorce by a painfully narrow margin. This disappointing development may indicate that the irreligion and secularism so widely regarded as hallmarks of "modernity" may have infilitrated one of the few nations still committed to calling its citizens to Christian living. The...
A ban on divorce preserves the integrity of marriage as an institution. The permanence of marriage makes people take the commitment seriously. By encouraging couples to work through their differences instead of splitting up, the ban keeps families intact. In doing so, it protects the interests of children. While no...
In certain limited cases, such as abusive relationships, physical separation of spouses is acceptable and inevitable. (Even the Catholic Church, the unyielding defender of marriage, accepts this unfortunate reality.) But at least a prohibition on divorce sends the strong message that such separation should only be turned to as a...
In the debate over the divorce ban, one commonly heard argument was that in prohibiting divorce the Irish state was forcing Catholic moral teaching upon non-Catholics. The dispute raises a fundamental question: Can we justify imposing laws that reflect the religious beliefs of one particular group upon an entire...