divorce illegal, it is just a necessary evil that we can never do without. I come from a divorcedhome and let me tell you, nothing could have kept my parents together. They just made a lot ofbad decisions and choosing each other was one of them. Divorce should always be an option, astwo people do not deserve to spend a lifetime in misery. The only other way to reverse Americasdivorce rate is to decrease its marriage rate. Perhaps if Americans were better educated on whatit takes to make a marriage work, they might not attempt marriage at all. I feel that it should be a bit harder to get married, and that young Americans should bebetter educated on the trials and tribulations of marriage. There are a few states trying toimplement this idea with some success. In Florida, they have devised a new state rule that givescouples a marriage-license discount if they take a marital education class. Utah includes maritalskills in high school curriculums, and Florida makes a marital course a high school graduationrequirement (Belluck A14). With students receiving a formal education on the realities ofmarriage, it is quite likely they will not be willing to rush into marriage before they are truly ready. We require that high school students take a financial course to graduate so that they know howto survive financially in America, why then, is it so different that we furnish our youth with theskills to keep their marriages alive as well? And last but not least, morality should be stressed in every part of society today. Thereshould be more sitcoms about happily married families, not a bunch of horny teen-agers runningaround having sex. It seems that any plot on a sitcom about a married couple is almost alwaysfueled by infidelity. It is not just what our children witness in our own homes that influencesthem, but what they see on television and billboards. If little boys see that it is okay to cheat ontheir wife as long as they dont ge...
