...or Not to Legalize?

I have been discussing the negative sides of divorce in my series of blogging. I have also said that the painful, emotional, and bitterness do not usually stop when the divorce process is over. There are still consequences that they would face due to their action.

I believe that in this world, no one wants to feel alone, lonely, helpless, or feel left behind. Divorce can make people feel those things, and it is sad. It is reality, a sad reality.

The negative side of divorce is that it will make you feel alone, emotional, weak, helpless, lack of security, do not have enough money. It may affect your children psychologically. The children are the ones who are going to be greatly affected. They are going to be confused, and it might be traumatic for them. They could bring these traumatic experience until they become adults.

You can read my previous blogs, The Aftermath and The Children Involved, to know more about the consequences of divorce.

Finally, we are clear that divorce has its good and bad sides. Now, the big question here is whether to legalize divorce or not?

If divorce were to be legalized then there would be more lonely people in the world. Think about this, when divorce is legalize people might forget the importance, sacredness of marriage. What will happen with “till death do us part” ? The future generation might think that marriage is just a game. That when it don’t work, just file a divorce and find someone else. They may abuse, and misuse divorce. Isn’t it sad? Moreover, if divorce were to be legalized then the children would get confused because families would be bigger. There are cases wherein a couple who had kids got divorce, and both of them would find another partner and have kids. So, the kids from the first marriage would be confused on who would they call their parents. Second, the way the children were raise would not be as good. Confusing isn’t it?

However, if divorce were remained illegal then the couples would try their very best to save their marriage. Sadly, this is not true for all married couples since there are still cases wherein they would still separate. What I was trying to say is that, they would still try to make it work. By staying together, there is still that chance. No matter how big or small. At least there’s still hope in fixing misunderstandings and other problems between the couple. I believe that time can heal all wounds.

To be honest, I have no firm opinion on this topic. It would be nice if divorce would not be legalized since couples would do everything they could to save their marriage. But, what about those couples who tried their best but their marriage would not really work? Those people who just get physically or emotionally abused by their spouses?

In conclusion, I would say that I would be on the side of legalizing divorce. I think that all we have to do is trust the Faith that the Filipinos have. The Faith and their fear of the Lord would help them make the right decisions.