Tue Apr 12, 2022 – 2:24 pm EDTTue Apr 12, 2022 – 2:25 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – New legislation making divorce even easier came into effect in the United Kingdom on April 6, 2020. Passed in June of 2020, the new legislation:
replaces the ‘five grounds’ and allows couples to divorce without assigning fault
removes the possibility of contesting the divorce
introduces an option for a joint application
makes sure language is in plain English, for example, changing ‘decree nisi’ to conditional order and ‘decree absolute’ to final order
Considering how normal divorce has become in our society, this will appear to most people as not a big deal. But it is an opportunity for Christians to note, once again, how awful and tragic divorce actually is. Divorce may be the norm, but it should never become normal.
A study released earlier this year highlights how damaging divorce is for children. According to Demographic Research: “[W]ith data from 17 countries from the Generations and Gender survey, we found that parental divorce had a larger impact than parental death” when it comes to the educational attainment of children.
Consider that for a moment: Divorce has a worse
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