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...MARRIAGE LOUISIANA-STYLE...
...glad to read that a covenant marriage, more difficult to dissolve than the traditional one, is being offered by Louisiana [WASHINGTON DIARY, July 7]. In this age of throwaway everything, even marriages have become disposable. Lenient attitudes toward divorce contribute to a devaluation of marriage. It is no longer the sacred union it was in the past. I agree that one important way to avoid a divorce is to prevent a bad marriage from taking place. I like the idea of counseling before a license is issued. If couples truly believe they will be married "till death do us part...
...ORLEANS: As Hurricane Danny slowly makes its way towards coastal Mississippi and Alabama, inhabitants along the coast are preparing for a bumpy ride. Danny, which was upgraded today from a tropical storm to a hurricane, has already pounded Louisiana's Grand Isle with winds up to 75 mph and storm tides as high as six feet. Heavy wind damage was reported on the island, but so far, no one has been injured, local authorities said. The island's 2,000 residents have been ordered to evacuate. The storm is currently located about 45 miles southeast of New Orleans...
...part budget driven: the government estimates that the new eligibility rules could save $4.7 billion over six years. But the program's critics contend it has been abused by families whose children are not truly disabled. "The standards are vague and easily met," says Representative Jim McCrery, a Louisiana Republican and supporter of the new rules. "Some people regard it as just a super welfare program." The assault on children's SSI began three years ago, when a spate of news reports carried charges that parents were coaching children to act out mental disabilities. Among these was a 1994 story...
...hell, they have signed on to a financially draining, emotionally exhausting divorce process in which they must find grievous fault or separate for at least two years? A woman of a certain age might have to watch her childbearing years tick away as she plays out the Louisiana divorce clock...