Isn't divorce a greater threat to the sanctity of marriage than same sex marriage?

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Some people get married with the sanctity of marriage well in mind.....and then have to run for their lives. Some quite literally.

Is marriage still a sanctity with an abuser? Are women supposed to be put down or beaten - and some even killed - just because of a piece of paper?

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No. However, marriage has been on a downward trend with many couples opting to have children outside the sanctity of marriage. As to the "majority of Republican elected officials" I would also offer that many Democratic elected officials whose voters are pro Bible and religion also take the same position.

And gays will have divorces too.

It is what it is and generalizing serves no one.

I'm just waiting for the first statistics to come out that compare same-sex-marriage divorces to "straight" marriage divorces. I'm betting that the former will far outweigh the latter.

There is a singular solution which could serve to lower the divorce rate and increase government revenues at the same time.

Simply, issue marriage licenses in the same way drivers licenses are issued.........so that they expire and need to be renewed.

Those who wish to no longer remain married would not renew their license, eliminating any need for divorce and lowering the rate.

Those who wish to remain married would have to renew the license and pay a fee to remain married.

I do believe it's a bigger threat to it, yes. I am always disappointed to hear about divorces, although some are necessary. I am a big advocate of marriage and large families

I would think so but with multi-married Born again Christian men who want us to back them for leadership, is not something wrong here? If you take an oath which marriage is and you break it more than once, why should he take better care of strangers than he does the ones he loves? Same sex-marriages, they can not do any worse?

Divorce, even though it is regretful, opens gates toward new marriage as well.

But same sex partnership is not marriage at all. Even to Ancient Greeks it was never considered marriage.

Calling these partnerships "marriage" is a dead end for the whole society, not just for marriage.