April 27, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — Testifying in support of a bill that would permit “no-fault” divorce in Texas only by mutual consent of spouses, the president and founder of the Ruth Institute said on Monday, “No government should have a policy of always taking sides with the party who wants the marriage least.”
Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, whose Ruth Institute aims to defend the family and build a civilization of love in the face of the sexual revolution, explained, “Only about one-quarter of divorces take place by mutual consent. Seventy-five per cent of divorces take place against the will of one of the parties.
“One party can drag the other into court and have the assets of the family subject to division.” Also, “The division of custody of the children comes under the jurisdiction and control of the state.”
Morse charged, “The forced division of financial assets and child custody amounts to a serious penalty imposed by the State on a law-abiding citizen, simply at the request of their spouse.” That might mean, for instance, that a party guilty of adultery “could unilaterally end the marriage and have the legal right to contract another marriage with his or her paramour.
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