Thursday, February 16, 2012

The Divorce Industry

This was one of the ads that first disgusted me when I came to NYC.  Some attorney is actually encouraging divorce, advertising that it's only $399, and something that God hates can be done easily without a spouse's signature.  Oh, and they're especially interested in helping Spanish speakers get a divorce.  What has marriage come to mean?
As if divorce wasn't bad enough, let's think about this from the perspective of the wife, who, either by her choice or her husband's, now finds herself divorced. If she's expecting, how does being single affect her decision to allow her child, a living human person, to get a birth certificate? If a couple is going through some struggles in their marriage, then discovers that they are expecting a child, and he sees this sign, what might it encourage him to consider? What sort of sign should encourage him to stay the course, and fulfill his commitment to his wife? What sort of joy would they have after overcoming the temporary obstacles that cloud their vision?
Where are the ads for affordable marriage counseling? Where are the ads for free pre-marriage counseling? Are there no Christian counselors or clergy of any kind, in all of NYC, capable of promoting marriage in this way?

I would be surprised if such counseling wouldn't financially hurt both the abortion and divorce industries.



3 comments:

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