KS drops covenant marriage provision. Finally something right...

[demtenjeep]

Senate panel removes covenant marriage provision from billTOPEKA – The Senate Judiciary Committee eliminated provisions from a measure on Wednesday that would have allowed couples to agree to work harder to stay married.

Couples agreeing to the optional “covenant marriages” would go through premarital counseling and could only be ended for specific reasons or after a legal separation.

The marriage would also cost an additional $25 and could be dissolved after an infidelity or in cases where one partner is convicted of domestic violence or a serious crime.

The extra steps wouldn’t be optional.

In committee, Sen. John Vratil, R-Leawood, called the idea a “step backwards” for Kansas family law. Thirty years ago, the Kansas moved to a no-fault divorce state and covenant marriages would be a return to the old style of divorces, he said.


Read more: http://blogs.kansas.com/gov/2010/03/17/senate-panel-removed-covenant-marriage-provision-from-bill/#ixzz0iULavCEF

[Maccagirl]

1. But...gov'mint is s'pose to stay out of our lives...

Except about who to marry, who to have sex with (and when and how) and how many kids we bring into the world, right??? Regarding the quality (and equality) of the education we receieve, the air that we breathe, the food that we eat and the safety of the products we purchase-well, we're all on our own brothers and sisters! Yea-that's the ticket!!!

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