Ben Carson has become the latest Republican figure to publicly advocate against no-fault divorce, writing in his book that it should either be banned or drastically curtailed so as to protect children from the ostensible harm of growing up in split households, NBC News reported Tuesday.
In his newly published book about his views on the traditional American family, “The Perilous Fight,” Carson writes that no-fault divorce “allows marriages to end much more quickly than in previous decades” and that legislation should prevent or reduce such divorces.
“When there are relatively few legal or financial consequences connected with divorce, it’s natural for people to gravitate toward that option when their marriage hits a rough patch,” Carson writes. “What those people often don’t consider, however, is the harm — both present and future — inflicted on their children once a divorce is finalized.”
To abolish no-fault divorce would likely be deeply unpopular with the American public. One could argue that a no-fault divorce can be the most amicable way to end a marriage, and t