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Conservatives are coming for no fault divorce

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  1.       What is no fault divorce A.     No Fault divorce refers to the ability to walk away from a marriage without alleging or proving that someone’s behavior is to blame B.      It has led to a decline in reported spousal abuse and women being murdered by their husbands to get out of the marriage C.      The Conservative critique is that no one is punished for breaking up a marriage, while supporters cite that it has given women agency when leaving an abusive relationship   2.       What is AT FAULT divorce A.     You have to prove that someone (usually the man) has either abandoned you, abused you or unfaithful. One would present their evidence before a judge and the judge would say that’s enough or punish the couple by making them stay married. It favors men   B.      Religious context: Lots of Amish and similar communities have similar traditions. A man named Eli Weaver called the “Amish Stud” murdered his wife Barbara. In the movie version though where Eli was
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My problem with a lot of anti childfree articles

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As I've discovered the childfree community I've decided to look at some articles geared toward being "anti childfree" to get a glimpse into what they think as well as how the discussion tends to be framed. I came away with some things I found problematic about these anti childfree articles Having a child doesn't guarantee that your  family will visit you when you're in a nursing home at times other than Thanksgiving and Christmas e  1.  They zoom out focusing on society, not inward about personal choice  I t is MY decision whether to have a child or not. Society doesn’t get to make that decision for me. Society won’t be there for the 2am bottle feedings, Society won’t relieve a tired Mom when she’s burned out. SOCIETY won’t take my husband out on a date when we get tired of parenting and just want to be ourselves. SOCIETY won’t babysit for me, so why does SOCIETY get to pressure me into having a child because they’re falling below replacement rate. There are
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The Amazing Race: 13 of my Favorite Teams

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 The Amazing Race...all I knew about it was that a gay couple Chip and Reichen won it in 2004 and said they got 620k after taxes. Then came the Watermelon boomerang  of Season 17 and frankly, it's just as funny as when I first saw it. Other than that, I didn't really know much of The Amazing Race until I ran across it on Pluto TV. I'd watched enough FrirendZone and thought to myself...what else can I watch? Enter The Amazing Race. What I saw was fun, drama, adventure and great teams. In fact, a strong cast really makes a season unforgettable like Season 5, of which three teams listed come from  Since I have quite a few teams to get through, let me get to it  #1 Kicking off our list is Bopper and Mark  Bopper and Mark of Season 20 are the epitome of the phrase "You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy" The two are lifelong friends that seem to have so much fun on the race and really take it in. In Tanzania, they too
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