Sick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3lVk1cJZPA

Abused

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm_Ozma50Ao

The Christian right is coming for divorce next

Divorce is extremely common — more than 670,000 American couples split in 2022 alone. Any rollback to no-fault divorce would likely be politically unpopular, even in red states (some of which have higher divorce rates than the national average). 

But perhaps emboldened by their victory in overturning Roe v. Wade, social conservatives have gone after other popular targets in recent months, from birth control to IVF. The drive to increase restrictions on divorce is part of the same movement, Zug said — an effort to re-entrench "conservative family values," incentivize heterosexual marriage and childbearing, and disempower women. "They are all connected," Zug said...

https://www.vox.com/today-explained-newsletter/354635/divorce-no-fault-states-marriage-republicans

Law bars divorce during pregnancy – even in cases of violence

The statute, which can lead to reproductive coercion in a state that has banned abortion, has recently gained nationwide attention…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/15/missouri-law-divorce-pregnancy-violence-abortion

Meidas UNEARTHS SHOCKING Video of GOP Speaker, IT’S UGLY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8vTc2tjCZQ

The Most Powerful Man in the House Doesn’t Like Divorce – Mother Jones

With a keen ear now heading the chamber, anti-divorce Republicans may be able to enact their vision of marriage—one that returns to a picket-fence-clad reality which harms women and keeps them locked inside their own houses…

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/speaker-mike-johnson-divorce-covenant-marriage/

The Right’s War on Divorce—and Its Costs – Mother Jones

The most dangerous time for women experiencing abuse is when they attempt to escape, according to research. "Imagine finally leaving a person who's emotionally and physically assaulted you, betrayed you, violated you," Brooke Axtell, director of strategic partnerships at The SAFE Alliance, a Texas nonprofit helping abuse victims and survivors, said, "and then being forced to combat them in court sometimes for years, to prove this just so you can be free of them and claim what belongs to you."…

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/no-fault-divorce-texas-republican-gop-crowder/

Stephen Crowder and the Conservative Crusade Against No-Fault Divorce – Rolling Stone

Republicans across the country are now reconsidering no-fault divorce. There isn't a huge mystery behind the campaign: Like the crusades against abortion and contraception, making it more difficult to leave an unhappy marriage is about control. Crowder's home state could be the first to eliminate it, if the Texas GOP gets its way. Last year, the Republican Party of Texas added language to its platform calling for an end to no-fault divorce: "We urge the Legislature to rescind unilateral no-fault divorce laws, to support covenant marriage, and to pass legislation extending the period of time in which a divorce may occur to six months after the date of filing for divorce." …

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/stephen-crowder-divorce-1234727777/

Texas property tax bill excludes divorced, LGBTQ couples from getting relief | The Hill

But the GOP-backed legislation does not propose granting tax relief to all Texas families, and only couples in heterosexual marriages are entitled to benefits. Couples with at least one partner who has been divorced are also ineligible. Couples who had or adopted children before they were married also can't use those children to improve their tax liability...

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3882955-texas-property-tax-bill-excludes-divorced-lgbtq-couples-from-getting-relief/

Millennials Are Causing the U.S. Divorce Rate to Plummet - Bloomberg

Americans under the age of 45 have found a novel way to rebel against their elders: They're staying married. ....
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-25/millennials-are-causing-the-u-s-divorce-rate-to-plummet

Trump just made divorce even more miserable - NBC News

High-earning spouses will want to rush their divorce before the tax deduction elimination takes effect, but dependent spouses will likely try to stall. .....
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/new-tax-laws-will-likely-make-getting-divorce-even-worse-n849946

Donald and Ivana Trump’s Divorce: The Full Story | Vanity Fair

Note all the references to Hitler.

https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2015/07/donald-ivana-trump-divorce-prenup-marie-brenner

5 factors that may predict divorce, according to psychology -- CNN

Like the break-ups themselves, divorce rates are a complicated subject. While the literature is muddy, a few themes have borne out in repeated studies.....
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/06/health/predict-divorce-partner/index.html

Pope Francis Ousts Powerful Conservative Cardinal

...Cardinal Müller, an ideological conservative often at odds with the pontiff, was vexed by the order, and, in a recent interview, said he had made a case, in vain, for the priests to stay in Rome...
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/01/world/europe/vatican-pope-doctrine-mueller.html

Andrew Puzder withdraws as a labor secretary nominee

Andrew Puzder has withdrawn as President Donald Trump's choice for labor secretary, a dramatic decision caused by a GOP revolt that claimed the first Cabinet nominee of the new administration.

Puzder, the CEO of the company that owns the Hardee's and Carl's Jr. fast food chains, faced fierce opposition mostly from Democrats in part related to his position on labor issues as well as the fact that he employed an undocumented immigrant housekeeper....
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiVtub39pXSAhUFMGMKHQW7BXIQqUMIHjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2017%2F02%2F15%2Fpolitics%2Ftop-senate-republicans-urge-white-house-to-withdraw-puzder-nomination%2F&usg=AFQjCNGV76q5Ov4Cy4iGF9b4PYrMdg8Plw&sig2=CLCJHszX7Ebzq4Ki6BoS_Q&bvm=bv.147134024,d.cGc

Texas lawmaker hopes to keep couples together, ending ‘no-fault’ divorces

The Center for Disease Control says three out of every seven marriages in Texas end in divorce. A Fort Worth representative says it’s too easy for people to get divorced and wants to change state law to make it harder.

Currently, fault-based divorces in Texas must fall into one of six categories: adultery, cruelty, abandonment and a felony conviction, living apart for at least three years or confinement to a mental hospital....
http://kxan.com/2016/12/27/texas-lawmaker-hopes-to-keep-couples-together-ending-no-fault-divorces/

The Clintons’ Christian marriage: The staggering Evangelical hypocrisy over Hillary’s refusal to divorce Bill

During our marriage counseling, I confessed that I didn’t know if I would stay together with my future husband if he cheated. Our pastor frowned and responded that he hoped I would keep an open mind. “Marriage,” he said, “is forever.”

It’s an idea pervasive throughout Christian American culture — a marriage is forever. In contrast to these teachings, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s 41-year marriage, which has famously weathered adultery, is often under attack.

The day after the first presidential debate, Republican nominee Donald Trump told “Fox and Friends” that he didn’t bring up Bill Clinton’s past infidelity scandals out of respect for their daughter Chelsea, who was in the audience at the time. But the implication of the threat was clear: that Trump would and could use the fact that the Clintons have weathered many marital challenges against his opponent....
http://www.salon.com/2016/10/09/the-clintons-christian-marriage-the-staggering-evangelical-hypocrisy-over-hillarys-refusal-to-divorce-bill/

Why It Matters That Pope Francis Just Made It Easier For Divorced Catholics To Get Communion

On Friday, Pope Francis unveiled a new apostolic exhortation that asks the Catholic Church to be more compassionate and welcoming, and articulated a pathway for divorced and remarried Catholics to receive communion.

...The most eyebrow-raising section of the document in Catholic circles, however, is where Francis discusses marriage counseling. In addition to calling on the Church to draw wisdom from Catholic priests who are married when counseling couples (some Catholic rites, such as Eastern Catholics, allow priests to marry, and male Anglican priests who convert to Catholicism are allowed to keep their wives), Francis appears to outline a way to allow Catholics who are divorced or remarried to participate in communion — something long forbidden by Church teaching....
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2016/04/08/3767853/pope-francis-divorce-exhortation/