Quickie divorce bill backed by MPs
from Coalition for Marriage:
I’m sorry to say that MPs overwhelmingly backed the principle of the Government’s reckless no-fault divorce Bill by 231 to 16 last night.
The debate showcased that many MPs fail to understand what makes a marriage and what is at stake when we undermine it. The legal mechanisms for creating and ending a marriage are crucial. It beggars belief that Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland said: “I do not believe that issues of reform of the process of divorce are germane to the issue of marriage itself”.
Read also: Sad day as MPs back no-fault divorce, The Christian Institute
Watch: Sir Edward Leigh’s speech to Parliament
I don't often quote Hillary Clinton, but she spoke wisdom in pointing out the devastating impact of divorce.
My speech last night opposing the radical divorce bill. pic.twitter.com/SVyK4luZDe
— Sir Edward Leigh MP (@EdwardLeighMP) June 9, 2020
Editor’s comment: at the same time when baying crowds were toppling statues as symbols of an oppressive past, here in Parliament a much more profound toppling of a vital supporting pillar of a just and stable society was enacted. As we have now come to expect, church leaders have not seen fit to comment.