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jackrazz		2008-07-02 11:14:45 AM

I'm surprised. A legislator (and a Republican one, at that!) who's actually proposing legistlation that might "protect the dignity and sanctity of marriage" that doesn't involve targeting the evil gays.

These are strange times, indeed, my friends.

/Quick and easy divorces are a greater threat to marriage than the gays getting married

I_C_Weener		2008-07-02 12:00:47 PM

jackrazz:I'm surprised. A legislator (and a Republican one, at that!) who's actually proposing legistlation that might "protect the dignity and sanctity of marriage" that doesn't involve targeting the evil gays.

These are strange times, indeed, my friends.

/Quick and easy divorces are a greater threat to marriage than the gays getting married

From a policy standpoint, if we wanted marriages to both last and be happy marriages we should make it harder to get married.

Also, this type of law is not going to help my divorce business. It might help my annulment business though.

what_now		2008-07-02 12:16:33 PM

I think there should be a law stating that you have to live with someone for two years BEFORE you can get married. If your religion doesn't let you have sex before marriage, you can get a two bedroom.

cheshirecatsmileyface		2008-07-02 12:21:12 PM

what if you're in an abusive relationship?

cheshirecatsmileyface		2008-07-02 12:22:14 PM

Ahhh
Chisum's proposal would allow victims of domestic violence to get a divorce after 60 days.

/finally rtfa

DRFS Rich		2008-07-02 12:31:18 PM

"After 60 days?" That's more than enough time for a mentally-unbalanced psycho to kill their partner. farking ludicrous.

- R

I_C_Weener		2008-07-02 12:35:53 PM

DRFS Rich:"After 60 days?" That's more than enough time for a mentally-unbalanced psycho to kill their partner. farking ludicrous.

- R

How does getting a divorce protect you from a psycho?

Hey, back off man, I have a piece of paper and I'm not afraid to use it!

jackrazz		2008-07-02 12:38:53 PM

I_C_Weener:jackrazz:I'm surprised. A legislator (and a Republican one, at that!) who's actually proposing legistlation that might "protect the dignity and sanctity of marriage" that doesn't involve targeting the evil gays.

These are strange times, indeed, my friends.

/Quick and easy divorces are a greater threat to marriage than the gays getting married

From a policy standpoint, if we wanted marriages to both last and be happy marriages we should make it harder to get married.

Also, this type of law is not going to help my divorce business. It might help my annulment business though.

I've largely stopped doing divorces, myself. Everybody wants their pound of flesh, and nobody wants to pay their attorney's fees. Post-dissolution modifications I don't mind, but I don't like the headache of the original dissolution action.

I_C_Weener		2008-07-02 12:41:01 PM

jackrazz:I've largely stopped doing divorces, myself. Everybody wants their pound of flesh, and nobody wants to pay their attorney's fees. Post-dissolution modifications I don't mind, but I don't like the headache of the original dissolution action.

You probably know me. But yeah, getting paid is a problem.

SpaceyCat		2008-07-02 01:03:16 PM

I think the waiting period should be on the getting married part, not on the divorced part. Way back when, the whole "Year and a Day" thing worked - proved fertility and compatibility.

dillenger69		2008-07-02 01:04:20 PM

Heterosexuals are destroying the sanctity of marriage.

abb3w		2008-07-02 01:06:41 PM

So, is Texas still the home of the "sum'bich needed killin'" defense?

strangeguitar		2008-07-02 01:51:52 PM

"time served"
Right now my wife is asking me why I'm laughing so loud.

Zarkin Frood		2008-07-02 01:52:07 PM

Meanwhile Virginia laughs hysterically and goes back to enforcing its blue laws.

Talon		2008-07-02 02:13:53 PM

I_C_Weener:From a policy standpoint, if we wanted marriages to both last and be happy marriages we should make it harder to get married

This. Forcing absolutely miserable people to continue to be legally bound to each other and in a position to financially, medically, and in every way screw each other doesn't help the "sanctity" of marriage. Making it harder to get married in the first place would help the sanctity of marriage, but then, in all reality, people would probably just not get married and live in sin. OH THE HORROR!

jst3p		2008-07-02 02:21:18 PM

cheshirecatsmileyface:what if you're in an abusive relationship?

She better learn to listen, and quick.

jst3p		2008-07-02 02:22:18 PM

dillenger69:Heterosexuals are destroying the sanctity of marriage.

If any gays want my marriage let me know, I am just about done with it and will be happy to donate.

reverend_frag		2008-07-02 02:22:55 PM

The only worse thing than going through a divorce is not having the option.

Angel of Death		2008-07-02 02:23:25 PM

YAY FOR THE PARTY OF SMALL GOVERNMENT

CygnusDarius		2008-07-02 02:23:29 PM

dillenger69:Heterosexuals are destroying the sanctity of marriage.

There's no true sanctity there. Marriage was just an agreement on which families ended up with the most land/sheep/kingdom/pr0n/beer.

windsorhotel		2008-07-02 02:23:30 PM

Better a 2-year waiting period before getting married, if you want people to "take marriage seriously."

/why, no, I'm not bitter

I banged your sister		2008-07-02 02:23:38 PM

Marriage is for suckas!

/Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free!

The Angry Hand of God		2008-07-02 02:24:29 PM

I banged your sister:Marriage is for suckas!

/Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free!

Why buy the cow when you get the sex for free?

gorgor		2008-07-02 02:24:47 PM

There are too many states, please remove three.

/I am not a crackpot

Smeggy Smurf		2008-07-02 02:24:49 PM

So I'd have had to stay married to the biatch who was farking every swinging dick in sight but mine and planning to kill me? fark that.

Forcing people to stay married is going to result in more Winchester divorces. Not that the biatch doesn't deserve it.

OtherLittleGuy		2008-07-02 02:24:51 PM

cheshirecatsmileyface:what if you're in an abusive relationship?

Then you qualify for a quickie divorce, courtesy of Smith & Wesson.

/it's Texas, after all

quiet_american		2008-07-02 02:25:43 PM

Talon

you has the dumbs.

people getting married is good, divorces bad. it's hard enough to find a good woman as it is, after a guy finds one don't make it impossible to tie the knot.

Rapmaster2000		2008-07-02 02:26:03 PM

In GA it's 30 days with no required separation. That worked out great for me.

H_is_for_Heretic		2008-07-02 02:26:07 PM

I really,. really hate to quote doctor phil, but you should have to earn your way out of a marriage- not that you should live in the same space and fight it out, but try everything, then quit. Bodily injury earns you out automatically, and of course it should be harder to get married.

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pr0t3us		2008-07-02 02:26:26 PM

If you really want to blame something or someone for the high rate of divorce you should probably point the finger at birth control and gender equality in the workplace.

It was these two factors that immediately preceded the, what is it, 50 percent rate of divorce in this country.

Unlike pre-WWII America, if a woman marries an ass nowadays she is no longer bound by financial concerns to stay with the idiot.

I'm not sure, but I'd bet that statistics would show that most people seeking a divorce are either women or wealthy men.

furgig		2008-07-02 02:26:33 PM

How do people like that get elected into office? Let's waste time and money on something that is NONE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S BUSINESS.

Pisses me off.

If I were elected, the first thing I'd do is start taking laws off the books, giving Americans back their freedoms and allowing law enforcement to focus on more important things.

mikaloyd		2008-07-02 02:26:41 PM

jackrazz:I'm surprised. A legislator (and a Republican one, at that!) who's actually proposing legistlation that might "protect the dignity and sanctity of marriage" that doesn't involve targeting the evil gays.

These are strange times, indeed, my friends.

/Quick and easy divorces are a greater threat to marriage than the gays getting married

You are getting better! 4/10 and Im not even being generous.

Tavernknight		2008-07-02 02:26:59 PM

Seriously why does anyone want to get married these days?

HowAboutNo		2008-07-02 02:27:22 PM

cheshirecatsmileyface:what if you're in an abusive relationship?

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oblig

jst3p		2008-07-02 02:27:27 PM

quiet_american:people getting married is good,

I will give you that one.

divorces bad.

Why exactly?

wildcardjack		2008-07-02 02:29:41 PM

I'm still waiting for the ban on gay divorce.

But no law preventing or slowing divorce will ever go through, between abusive relationships and the fact that it feeds countless thousands of lawyers.

lefty201		2008-07-02 02:30:48 PM

government needs to stay out of marriage.

gays/straight

doesn't matter

get out.

Necropenguin		2008-07-02 02:30:48 PM

jackrazz:I'm surprised. A legislator (and a Republican one, at that!) who's actually proposing legistlation that might "protect the dignity and sanctity of marriage" that doesn't involve targeting the evil gays.

These are strange times, indeed, my friends.

/Quick and easy divorces are a greater threat to marriage than the gays getting married

Hmmm, no quick and easy divorces? I predict an upsurge in spousal 'disappearances'...

bucket_chemist		2008-07-02 02:30:52 PM

We have this 2 year wait in NZ. I'm going through it now, and I can't decide if it's a good thing or not. I can say that divorce sucks.

planes		2008-07-02 02:30:56 PM

Listen, Representative Chisum, you need to learn something if you're going to keep that job: We don't need a farkin' law that covers every aspect of our lives. Get it? Good.

FrizzleFry		2008-07-02 02:32:52 PM

They can always eat a bullet.

Unlike pre-WWII America, if a woman marries an ass nowadays she is no longer bound by financial concerns to stay with the idiot.

Women aren't the only ones in danger of marrying 'asses'.

gorgor		2008-07-02 02:32:53 PM

H_is_for_Heretic
I really,. really hate to quote doctor phil

DON'T (new window)

mikaloyd		2008-07-02 02:33:20 PM

furgig:If I were elected, the first thing I'd do is start taking laws off the books

If you campaigned on a platform of removing 5 laws off the books per year and not authoring any new laws I woould vote for you to be my congressman over any other candidate. I wouldnt even care which 5 laws youd try to abolish.

tweekster		2008-07-02 02:33:38 PM

Necropenguin:Hmmm, no quick and easy divorces? I predict an upsurge in spousal 'disappearances'...

Or they will just do it like in the past. People will just leave and that will be it. No divorce, but there is also no marriage anymore.

The divorce rate really hasn't gone up. The official legal divorce has but the concept of a divorce has always been prevalent. In the 1920's it was too expensive so they just simply parted ways and that was that.

mikaloyd		2008-07-02 02:35:10 PM

lefty201:government needs to stay out of marriage.

gays/straight

doesn't matter

get out.

Tax single people at the same rate as married folk?

vegasj		2008-07-02 02:36:09 PM

I think it's 6 months in Cali. A friend of mine and his wife split up, no way in hell of any reconciliation.... he thinks it's the dumbest farking thing. Only has 4 more months to wait.

databit		2008-07-02 02:36:50 PM

Just pour tuna oil on both of them and throw them in the bathroom together.
Or is that cat's that don't get along....

old_toole		2008-07-02 02:37:00 PM

The Angry Hand of God:I banged your sister:Marriage is for suckas!

/Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free!

Why buy the cow when you get the sex for free?

Why are you having sex with a cow?

F42		2008-07-02 02:37:25 PM

Texas lawmaker reintroduces bill forcing

Yeah, that sounds about right.

Freedom means making everything illegal.

katghoti		2008-07-02 02:37:40 PM

So, during this two year period the following will happen:

1. Give you enough time to burn through any cash or credit you have.
2. Hide all your money by moving into a single account
3. Have the government tie a rubberband on his peepee to stop adultry (we are protecting marriage here).
4. Use a cork on the vajayjay (see number 3).

There that all works out fine. So how is forcing two people who don't like each other protecting marriage?

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