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Divorce: A Widely Ignored Self-Inflicted Tragedy

by Stephen M. Krason

• In a recent interview about her latest book, Phyllis Schlafly said that there will be no solution to the problem of expansive out-of-control government without a restoration of the family. 
• She is entirely correct, but I would go a step further: While a lot of cultural forces have severely damaged the family, it will not be rejuvenated until divorce is at least sharply restricted. 
• To be sure, that involves a change in socio-cultural attitudes: not only are we currently confused even about the basic fact that only members of the opposite sex can marry each other, but our era witnesses a trivialization of the meaning of marriage in so many ways. 
• It also requires, however, a sweeping redirection of law—this is something that even “traditional values” conservatives seldom mention.

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