Charles, It might be true that most divorces are caused by one party, but I am not certain. It seems in this age and culture, that when couples get married for self-fulfillment reasons or love being the primary force, then divorce could be initiated by both and agreed to by both. Many times one party may show bad feelings first, then the other party realizes that the marriage may or may not be worth saving and the two come to a mutual decision. In this age of marrying and committing for reasons of the heart, thank goodness for no-fault divorce. It is essential.

Michael, Dr Williams made it clear that the situation involving divorce being the most peaceful way was when one or both parties had NO INTENTION of keeping their vows. That means that there is no reconciliation or coming to terms. There is no viewing the marriage as a promise to do the right thing. I would say you are incorrect. If one or both parties have no desire to keep their vows, then divorce IS the right decision. You may not like it, but it is the right decision.

Here! Here! Nawlins! It is about time people started getting educated about what liberty truly means instead of the Republican/Conservative/Democrat/Liberal/Progressive versions we continually are given.

Indeed AfkaB, The same group of people who preach the sacradity of 1st Amendment rights often are quite inconsistent in their honoring of other forms of free speech. Inconsistency is mainstream. It must be nice for these types to be able to pick and choose principles and not have a coherent and steady line of reasoning.

Phdis, On what grounds? Should the Revolutionaries of 1776 have been executed as traitors or simply banshed? Should we get rid of groups of people simply because we do not like what they believe? That is essentially what you are saying. You must justify why it would be moral to execute or banish people who do not agree with Obama and would like to PEACEFULLY part ways. I dare say you reek of totalitariansim.

PETA's official stance on abortion is that they take none. Straight from Ingrid Newkirk.

Libsareusefulidiots, Why they are quite similiar to other people who think that pornography may not be appropriate for children. Who the hell are those morons??????? It boils down to whose ox is gored. I think PETA is trying to use arguments that appeal to Christians and concearned parents: since you all think readily vewied porn could be harmful to children, then perhaps readily viewed killing could be too...The typical person would answer back that hunting and eating meat is normal. PETA would then answer that nudity and sex are also normal activities so why are you not consistent here? I suspect that PETA could be using some conservatives arguments against conservatives. But I don't think it will work very well.

Pistol, Even blind squirrels find nuts sometimes and broken clocks are correct twice a day. It would seem his/her comments about Reps being inconsistent has some truth to it. Reps indeed do focus their speech upon the masses of people who desire "free things," but it seems more and more that many Reps themselves accept the same. There is nothing wrong with pointing out these inconsistencies. I applaud those that do, even if they are wrong most other times. Reps need to make their ideology more consistent and until they do, they will continue to lose votes.

Excellent article. I do have one question for Dr. Williams. He speaks "We conservatives..." I wonder why he put that in there when he is definitly NOT a conservative. He is a libertarian. He has even complained in the recent past of being called conservative. Very interesting indeed. Good information as usual.

Along the same logic, why does anyone care about what Racheal Marsdon says about anything? Comparing personal life to public life is comparing apples to oranges. Marital infidelity is not correlation to other types of misdeeds, even those on a higher level. The stakes can be riskier, but none the less it is a non-sequitor. Why do I say this? Think back to the concentration camps as featured in Schindler's List. An frequent adulterer ended up saving many many lives. Faithful (to their spouses) German citizens ended up doing nothing and let atrocities happen. It is a fallacy to automatically correlate infedelity with misdeeds in other areas of life.

King, I could name one good effect of 4 more years of Obama: the US would suffer a collapse that would allow us a chance to start over. If not, we will continue to go back and forth betwen Dems and Reps who keep promising us they will fix our problems when the truth is they both are driving us off the cliff.