RE: [ZION] An Answer to the World - Divorce and Single Parent Children

2004-03-09 Thread Jim Cobabe
Maggie Gallagher and Judith Wallerstien discuss social problems stemming from contemporary divorce practices. Many insightful comments. http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft9708/gallagher.html // /// ZION LIST

RE: [ZION] An Answer to the World - Divorce and Single Parent Children

2004-03-09 Thread Jim Cobabe
Maggie Gallagher: By gutting the marital contract, no-fault divorce has transformed what it means to get married. The state will no longer enforce permanent legal commitments to a spouse. Formally, at least, no-fault divorce thus demotes marriage from a binding relation into something best