MLP urged to move divorce law now

Alexander Brincat

Jul 30th 2008, 20:22

That is truly fantastic. I would never have realised how many responses I would have had from my comment. However I reiterate my suggestion for two valid reasons:
1) The rules are of Christ and God, not mine and surely not yours', ours' or the church's which many of "us" feel part of (and go to mass on Sundays). If you do not want to abide by such law do not marry by the Church. If you marry by God's laws you are promising to abide to such. Otherwise do not join the club and keep out. However you are always welcome back aboard. God's forgiveness is unlimited.
2) The laws of man are not the laws of God. How nice would it be to live in a perfect world where everyone loves everyone and there are no differences, and therefore no separations. However reality is different. So put your mind at rest all of you. You are so FREE that you can do what ever you like. However, if you do, please do not force real Christians to YOUR belief that the world should abide by your rules. After all God and Christ is not European or other national.

Patrick Farrugia

Jul 30th 2008, 19:20

Reading all these posts .. gets me wondering. Who decides if we're a Chatolic country or not ? What criteria needs to be satisfied?

Maybe it's time for a referendum ?

Jane Goodwin

Jul 30th 2008, 14:18

I didnt know you had to be Catholic in order to make a comitment to each other,or to have family values .I say that is a load of crap! I am Divorced and a single mum, have been for nearly 16 years. i didn`t forcast this would happen.Nobody does.But i managed to raise my son and teach him sound values and still hold a job and pay my morgage, with no help from the church or government. i am Divorced and proud of it! live and let live, give the people the right to choose Divorce,regardless of religion or politics.the people are capable of making up their own minds.

David J. Fenech

Jul 29th 2008, 11:28

@Alexander Brincat

The last time I checked Malta was still a soverign country run by a Prime Minister not the Archbishop.

If you will never resort to divorce because of your faith - fine and I will not question your beliefs or faith.

However you have no right to impose your faith or beliefs on people who are either non-believers, expired catholics, catholics only in name or civil marriages.

Most people like you only understand what it is like when you receive the sharp end of the stick. Here is my example of the stick. Imagine you were forced not to eat and drink in public during Ramadan at the risk of getting arrested or drink alcohol or every woman forced to wear a Burqa - even though you do not practice Islam.

Well its the same dose to what you are proposing only it has a Roman Catholic tinge to it.

The Church and its Canon Laws are intended only for those who really want to practice them.
The Government and its laws are intended for all citizens of Malta irrspective of faith or no faith.

D ATTARD

Jul 28th 2008, 20:18

@ alexander brincat
your reasoning is insular and discriminatory. Please start realising that not everyone is a roman catholic and if you are don't impose your beliefs on others.

Louis Amato-Gauci

Jul 28th 2008, 19:39

@ Alexander Brincat
The following statement is truly shocking: "Many benefits can be derived, the most important of which would be to keep non-believers out of such sacred unity called family." Shame on you Mr. Brincat! What benefits, precisely, would flow from your truly evil, benighted suggestion? What is the point of being more Catholic than the Pope, when your outlook is so uncharitable, unforgiving, and un-Christian?

Chris Borg

Jul 28th 2008, 18:53

@Alexander Brincat. By any chance, are you one of those who proclaim to be proud to live in a EUROPEAN Malta? If you haven't realised yeat. plase note that the EU is all about secularism, and your ideas are based on confessionalism....

You mentioned believers....so let's say there's a Jewish couple who want to divorce, they're believers but according to Judaism they have a right to divorce...what shall they do? Will they be classified as non-believers?

Graham Crocker

Jul 28th 2008, 18:10

Anybody who's Roman Catholic need not be against divorce laws for other people.
If you are Roman Catholic it doesn't affect you, because it is against your Religion to divorce, hence you have no say on the law.

@Brincat:
Its wrong to impose your religious restrictions on everybody else by force, its also lazy. If you are against divorce, you should convince people not force them to abide by what you say, Jesus never forced anybody to believe in his word, so you being Roman Catholic is not a reason for Divorce to be illegal.

Making pork illegal, because we have muslims who can't eat it ,is wrong. Same argument.

Only Malaysians can't divorce apart from us, but at least Torture is illegal in Malta.

a licari

Jul 28th 2008, 18:04

Amen to John Wilman. Also, for once that the leaders of all parties (except the far right) agree on something, there has to be sniping and sabotage by the fundamentalists!

Raymond Calleja

Jul 28th 2008, 17:56

Lost all faith in church.Divorce is a must in to days life,how can anyone keep two people together if they dont love each other any more.Forza MLP you can do it.PN will not even consider .By the way look at The surname of our prime minister.

John Wilman

Jul 28th 2008, 16:02

It`s what`s right for the individual/couple, not the church or the government, get in the real world

Alexander Brincat

Jul 28th 2008, 15:40

Being a Roman Catholic country, Malta and the authorities have to be extremely careful on how to address the issue. I am personally not in favour of any divorce laws as this would make it extremely easy to marry without the need to consider a very important factor; the teachings of Christ and the fundamental establishment of marriage. Marriage is not just a civil contract which you can extinguish when any party defaults. It involves committment. However such committment comes at a cost newlyweds find it increasingly hard to accept.

So since the church will never accept divorce the government should respect such decision and never allow divorce to couples who decide to marry by the laws of God. What God unites no man can dissolve. However, having said that, the state should consider allowing divorce to couples who marry on the civil register. Many benefits can be dervied, the most important of which would be to keep non-believers out of such sacred unity called family. And the rest can choose as they please.

vincent a galea

Jul 28th 2008, 11:39

Luckily or unluckily; fortunately or unfortunately, DIVORCE, has to come... So save the many couples and 'illegitimate' children the pains of having to go through the whole rigmorale... this is like strikes... a solution has always definitely got to be found; but people are so stupid that first a whole mess has to be created (vide recent tranpostrt strike!!) and then all is solved !!!!! BIG DEAL.....