Evidence shows marriage is best for society – so why are campaigners pushing for online divorce?

Jan 7, 2017 by Jill

by Camilla Olim, Christian Concern:

This week, the Daily Mail reported figures showing that for the first time, break-ups involving cohabiting parents have overtaken break-ups involving married parents.

The figures, from the Office for National Statistics, showed that though nearly four times as many parents with children are married rather than cohabiting, 51.5% of those who broke-up last year were cohabitees. This compares with 2006 when 45.3% of family breakdowns were cohabiting couples.

It backs research by the Marriage Foundation: “Cohabiting parents make up 19 per cent of all couples with dependent children, but account for half of all family breakdown.”

At the same time as this new evidence in favour of marriage is released, plans are being made to introduce ‘online divorce’. The process, which would involve paying a mere £37 to fill out an online form, is expected to be rolled out as a pilot scheme later this year. Campaigners claim that this would save couples stress, time and paperwork. Although they have not outright admitted as such, this move would pave the way to the eventual introduction of ‘no-fault’ divorce. Only in November last year, 150 family lawyers gathered in Parliament to lobby for this.

So, as we are shown yet again that God’s pattern for mankind is truly good, campaigners are pushing for divorce to be made easier still. Mankind will continue to stubbornly rebel, heedless of the evidence stacked against him.

The cost of family breakdown is huge, as several studies have shown, but society continues to ignore it or simply accept it, believing it to be inevitable.

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