Monday, November 12, 2007

Are Relationships Disposable?

Shanna Moakler and her Divorce Party Cake


If you live in Florida, getting out of your marriage just got one step (or should I say leap?) easier: you can file for divorce online.

That's right, enter your name, some details, and poof the divorce process is commenced and your marriage is on the way out like the coat from three seasons ago you decided to sell on ebay.

Why offer this type of service? Broward county court clerk Kris Mazzeo says, "the new service will save residents hours of hassle."

But the question is, shouldn't getting a divorce be a hassle? Shouldn't ending a lifetime commitment be difficult? If you can end your relationship with barely a click of a mouse, perhaps marriage is truly something that has become disposable.

The picture above seems to tell it all - upon filing for her quickie divorce, Shanna Moakler threw herself a divorce party, complete with a cake! If divorce is something to celebrate, what does that say about our culture's understanding of the sanctity of marriage?

Perhaps it is our failure to honor the sanctity of marriage that has led to the scarcity of a successful one?


For more information about filing for divorce online in Broward county,
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbclerk1112nbnov12,0,3701326.story

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

you make some really smart deductions here. I know I sound like an english professor when I say that but it's true. Look at what's become of marriage! What used to be something religious and sacred--the union between people, two souls--is now coming under attack, and by what-technology!

It's ludicrous. For all I know when I'm marriage someone can hack on to my computer and divorce me from my spouse!

i guess you can say such an act makes religion a rhapsody of words, and marriage vows as false as dicers' oaths... anyone catching on?