I’m not suggesting that divorce is a good thing, but if two people jointly decide that they want to officially part ways, who has the right to tell them otherwise? And by the way, this nonsense of marriage annulments invented by the Catholic Church is ridiculous. Are these people able to magically turn back the clock and erase an event that previously took place? How stupid is that? Then again, we are talking about the Catholic Church.
Instead of continuing to push their archaic beliefs on people, the Catholic Church should work day and night to rid itself of the criminal element within the clergy; destroyers of young lives. These are the real sinners. TGO
Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press
VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Malta, the tiny, staunchly Roman Catholic island — has voted by a narrow margin in favor of legalizing divorce, according to the results of a referendum.
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi, who had campaigned against divorce, said parliament would respect the will of the people in the nonbinding referendum and work on legislation to legalize divorce. Malta is the last remaining European Union nation that bans divorce.
“Even though the result is not what I wished for, now it is our duty to see that the will of the majority is respected,” Gonzi said in a televised speech.
The Times of Malta reported that 52.67 percent of voters favored allowing divorce.
The issue has been hotly debated and allegiances went beyond party lines.
“This is a conservative society, but Maltese still live like Europeans. This regularizes their lives,” said analyst Saviour Balzan, whose newspaper, Malta Today, had campaigned in favor of the legalization of divorce. “It gives a new lifeline to hundreds of people.”
Malta, which also bans abortion, has long Catholic traditions and the church’s influence on the Mediterranean nation’s 400,000 citizens is still significant. Some 95 percent of the population calls itself Roman Catholic. Pope Benedict XVI visited the island last year.
Pingback: Understanding Eddie | j'accuse