The right to a family life is a fundamental human right. Also our society believes that everyone has a right to a second chance is whatever we decide to do. The most hardened criminals have a right to a second chance in life. Even the Catholic Church gives sinners plenty of chances not just a second one. Yet in Malta ordinary decent citizens do not have a right to a second chance to find comfort and love in marriage should they be so unlucky to have gone through a failed marriage.
Apart from the Catholic Church, those who oppose divorce say that it brings increased marriage breakdowns. But marriages have been breaking down, are breaking and down and will continue to do so in the future with or without divorce. The effect of divorce is that it allows people to enter into a fresh marriage and form a new family. No law will prevent citizens from forming a new family to find love and security. Divorce prevents the new family from having the regulatory security and benefits that marriage brings with it. Why should people be denied this right? A failed marriage is a sentence for life.
This is a major problem for thousands in Malta. Yet divorce seems to be a non-issue during this election. It is time to wake up. Which party will bring it to the attention of the electorate?
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