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[-] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works -5 points 1 day ago

Ok but that’s different than it being illegal. You had a legal right to divorce from the founding of this country.

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago

mate, my parents divorced in the 80's, the stigma was REAL

[-] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 day ago

There was stigma but that's not the same as it being illegal. The fact your parents ARE divorced proves it was not illegal

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

well there's also the fact this was in Australia.

No fault divorce was a huge game changer for the US and other countries - prior to this there had to be a party at fault, and this had to be provable fault. So while it was not technically illegal, it still had a great deal of punitive legalese tied up into it that made it very very hard to do.

[-] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works -1 points 19 hours ago

It was legal. There was no criminal penalty for it and it was handled by the legal system. It being uncommon is not the same as it being illegal.

No fault divorce made it easier and more common. It did not legalize it by any definition of that word.

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