I don’t think they hate divorce, they just hate that women are able to initiate divorce.
Just another attempt to disenfranchise women.
I also wonder… now that marriage equality exists for same sex couples; if they need a NEW THING ™ to feel special again, as one of the arguments used was that it debased the meaning of their relationship; so they think they need something to feel special or elevated over others.
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In April of 2023, right-wing podcaster Steven Crowder announced that he and his wife, Hilary, were divorcing—an event, he explained to listeners of Louder with Crowder, to which he did not consent. She “didn’t want to be married anymore,” he said, “and in the state of Texas, that is completely permitted.”
Crowder, upset, lamented: “My beliefs don’t matter.”
Fuck you. You consent to be in a marriage, not out.
Maybe it’s just my skewed view of things, but it amazes me how the Religious Right has started to latch into views that have typically been associated with Catholicism. Most Protestant churches frown upon elective abortion as a form of birth control, but do not seek to outlaw the process entirely, under all circumstances. (The Anglicans are the one exception I can recall off the top of my head). And, of course, we know that the Catholic Church takes a much harder line on other forms of birth control than most Protestants, too. It seems interesting that the GOP are pulling all these Protestants back closer to the Pope’s views.
Now we have the GOP getting closer to the Catholic point of view on divorce as well. Not quite going so far as to push to ban it outright, but definitely making it harder. I wonder what Henry VIII would think of that.
It’s not that surprising. The Catholic Church is one of the least progressive large religions in the US, so it makes sense that if you were attempting to weld regressive policies with religious fervor, you’d start there.
Yes, but historically Catholics and Protestants didn’t get along. When one obtained power, they used it to club the other one. It’s interesting that they’ve achieved this weird power-sharing agreement here that so obviously favors the doctrine of the smaller side. It’s as if they have no problem setting aside their doctrinal differences if the end goal is subjugating women, and have agreed the Catholic approach is better for that.
