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A recent survey has shown that 100% of divorces are indirectly caused by marriage. With statistics like this, should straight couples be allowed to marry?

*applause*

indirectly? I would say directly...

My god, that is astonishing. We must eradicate marriage immediately, so as to prevent divorce. Protect the sanctity of...erm...where am I....

LOL that's great. Ya know, if we banned any marriages, there would be no divorce. Also, if we killed all the people in the world, the homicide rate would fall as well.

Isn't divorce kinda like what you do when you want to get out of any kind of marriage? No offense on the any.

What else would cause marriages to....well....break apart?

EDIT:

Death when someone is married should not be included in any survey, nor decided to be the cause of divorce. This EDIT has the purpose of making sure my comment does not, and should not, take death as a way out of marriage. Death when married is not classified as divorce.

Isn't divorce kinda like what you do when you want to get out of any kind of marriage? No offense on the any.

What else would cause marriages to....well....break apart?

Death. Being missing for long enough to be declared legally dead.

Death. Being missing for long enough to be declared legally dead.

I edited :)

LOL that's great. Ya know, if we banned any marriages, there would be no divorce. Also, if we killed all the people in the world, the homicide rate would fall as well.

I don't think killing everyone would go over well, however if you sterilized the entire planetary population (via the drinking water) child abuse would quickly drop to zero, and homocide would be a thing of the past shortly after that.

Isn't divorce kinda like what you do when you want to get out of any kind of marriage? No offense on the any.

What else would cause marriages to....well....break apart?

EDIT:

Death when someone is married should not be included in any survey, nor decided to be the cause of divorce. This EDIT has the purpose of making sure my comment does not, and should not, take death as a way out of marriage. Death when married is not classified as divorce.

I have a few friends who would jokingly tell you that there isn't really much of a difference (death/marriage) :)

I have a few friends who would jokingly tell you that there isn't really much of a difference (death/marriage) :)

I believe it, but still...when you see your mom have her husband of many years, your dad whom knew he could live longer if not for his cancer, watch for two years as something that came from Agent Orange literally crawled painfully up his spine aiming for his brain....have that marriage taken away like that...

I mean, I know that death brings an end to marriage, but when someone loves their mate so much...and still grieve about his death to this day...what can that be called?

I will go no further...anywho...

I have a few friends who would jokingly tell you that there isn't really much of a difference (death/marriage) :)

I just got that joke......Oh Lord.....somehow I believe that being sick (sick with flu) makes you slow.....I think I just undoubtably proved that....wow....

I believe it, but still...when you see your mom have her husband of many years, your dad whom knew he could live longer if not for his cancer, watch for two years as something that came from Agent Orange literally crawled painfully up his spine aiming for his brain....have that marriage taken away like that...

I mean, I know that death brings an end to marriage, but when you love your mate that much...and still grieve about his death...what can that be called?

I will go no further...anywho...

Anagonia,
I started this thread as a parody of another thread, "Should gay couples even deserve civil unions" one, or a few, small minded people were quoting stats. My stat was very tongue in cheeck way to show that stats can be misleading (100% of divorces are caused by marriage)
However if this has upset you because of your situation, I hope with all my heart you will accept my apology. A death of any loved one is devastating and I can only tell you from my experiences over many years that time will heal your wounds and strengthen your memories of the good times you shared.

I don't think killing everyone would go over well, however if you sterilized the entire planetary population (via the drinking water) child abuse would quickly drop to zero, and homocide would be a thing of the past shortly after that.

Not to mention no more putting up with those awful, self-possessed little egotists...

Nieces and nephews. *Sigh* At least I don't breed any...

Anagonia,
I started this thread as a parody of another thread, "Should gay couples even deserve civil unions" one, or a few, small minded people were quoting stats. My stat was very tongue in cheeck way to show that stats can be misleading (100% of divorces are caused by marriage)
However if this has upset you because of your situation, I hope with all my heart you will accept my apology. A death of any loved one is devastating and I can only tell you from my experiences over many years that time will heal your wounds and strengthen your memories of the good times you shared.

No, no, no! Hey, no offense! I just felt I needed to post that, nothing ment to send any negative messages....Oh Lord, sorry dude. If anyone I should be sorry, like I said I just felt I needed to post that, I dunno why.

If ya want me to delete it, I can. :)

But, as you must undoubtably know, when you try to get things out you really don't mean to start anything, you know? Thanks for your sympathies, btw. I appriciate that. :)

For some odd reason I feel I need to state that I am a Non-Denominational Christian, and that my belief in the Lord helped me through those hard times...and still hard times. Father passed just this May, I believe, of this year. So, anywho....I have NO idea why I needed to state that, sorry.

Not to mention no more putting up with those awful, self-possessed little egotists...

Nieces and nephews. *Sigh* At least I don't breed any...

I take it you didn't or don't want children.
I'm the opposite, always wanted to have kids, but never happened, gives me a sad feeling every single day.

A recent survey has shown that 100% of divorces are indirectly caused by marriage. With statistics like this, should straight couples be allowed to marry?
yeah should divorce be legal because you cant stand someone no
screw around chop your bits off

[QUOTE=Anagonia]No, no, no! Hey, no offense! I just felt I needed to post that, nothing ment to send any negative messages....Oh Lord, sorry dude. If anyone I should be sorry, like I said I just felt I needed to post that, I dunno why.

If ya want me to delete it, I can. :)

QUOTE]
No need to delete, if it was how you wanted to express yourself then I think it was good for you to write it. I'm glad we cleared up any misunderstanding, my thoughts and prayers to you and your mother.

No need to delete, if it was how you wanted to express yourself then I think it was good for you to write it. I'm glad we cleared up any misunderstanding, my thoughts and prayers to you and your mother.

Same here about the misunderstanding, don't want any of that going on, ya know? Lol.

And thanks for your prayers and thoughts. Thank you.

Well, back on topic before I go any deeper into posting about my previous posts situation...er...just back on topic >.< Gee! Being sick does make you slow...

I totally agree. Hetrosexual marrige should be abolished. Anyone who reads the bible can see that God told us-through Paul's mouth-that it's better to never marry and have kids.

We should end this perverse and sinful tradition of "marrige" and go back to what NATURE wants us to-NATURE doesn't have marrige, so it's UNNATURAL! Plus it's a SIN. GOD HATES MARRIED PEOPLE!

yeah should divorce be legal because you cant stand someone no
screw around chop your bits off

Chopping off anything seems just a wee bit over the top.
We don't need any more Bobbitts.

I totally agree. Hetrosexual marrige should be abolished. Anyone who reads the bible can see that God told us-through Paul's mouth-that it's better to never marry and have kids.

We should end this perverse and sinful tradition of "marrige" and go back to what NATURE wants us to-NATURE doesn't have marrige, so it's UNNATURAL! Plus it's a SIN. GOD HATES MARRIED PEOPLE!
Well, marriage is exculsive to mankind, not found in the other species.
And, God created mankind in his own image.
Therefor there must be a Mrs. God.

Mrs God : And where have you been till this hour!
God : I was creating the heaven and the earth.
Mrs God : A likely story, your dinners in the oven, and its gone really dry.

A recent survey has shown that 100% of divorces are indirectly caused by marriage. With statistics like this, should straight couples be allowed to marry?

Those nutty straight people. Jeez a girl and a guy were kissing and I had to explain to my child what they were doing. I says to lil bobby, I don't want you turning out like them dang hetro's kissin the other gender! You grow up like a normal homo boy thank you. Boy if my son grew up straight I just don't think I could live with him.

Is it just me or are all the people who make "jokes" or "satirical comments" on this forum either not funny or just stupid?

Is it just me or are all the people who make "jokes" or "satirical comments" on this forum either not funny or just stupid?
it's just you.

Well, marriage is exculsive to mankind, not found in the other species.
And, God created mankind in his own image.
Therefor there must be a Mrs. God.

Mrs God : And where have you been till this hour!
God : I was creating the heaven and the earth.
Mrs God : A likely story, your dinners in the oven, and its gone really dry.

Well, this post WAS PRETTY FUCKING FUNNY now that you mention it.
Har dee har har.

Well, this post WAS PRETTY FUCKING FUNNY now that you mention it.
Har dee har har.
If you are incapable of constructing a sentence without using the F word, don't bother.

If you are incapable of constructing a sentence without using the F word, don't bother.

Yeah... some of use have children, and we don't want them seeing 'funny' used so frequently. It's hard enough protecting them in the real world....

:p

Oi.....

Chopping off anything seems just a wee bit over the top.
We don't need any more Bobbitts.
hey he got it back didnt he and he got to hang about with playboy bunnies :p

Heterosexual marriage? Awful. Men and women are far too different.