Quentin Cook: 'Families were hurt by no-fault marriage laws'

REXBURG - Ever since no-fault divorce laws were enacted in the 1970's, divorce rates have risen.

As an attempt to re-strengthen families, LDS Apostles have been visiting Eastern Idaho and speaking to their members. LDS Apostle Quentin Cook spoke Sunday to a congregation of around 1000 people in Rexburg. He's one of five apostles that have come to Eastern Idaho in the past month to speak about strengthening families. Blaming the no-fault divorce law for high divorce rates, Cook called upon members to keep their marital covenants. Here's what some of the members had to say about his message.

"It was needed, they talked about families and the importance of it and how it's being degraded in our society today," said Ben Hull.

"Marriage is the new dating, they'll try it and it if doesn't work, quit, and move on. Marriage is a much higher obligation than something you can just discard without regard," said Luke Mackowiak

"I was looking in the paper the other day, $99 and you can have a divorce. And if that's easy, why not?" said Hull.

"I think it's just people's excuse to get out of their responsibility. People need to stand up and take responsibility for themselves," said Scott Sorenson.

"Families are under attack by media. People have many different ideas about family, they want to change the definition of families, that has been predefined by a higher authority," said Mackowviak.

If you run across a statistic that shows divorce rates are currently down. They are, but don't be mislead. It's because more and more people are living together and just skipping the marriage step altogether.

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[2011Brov]

First the report criticize divorce, then the reporter criticize "just living together" instead of getting married, so people dont have to get a divorce if things does not work out... Hypocirsy, the only thing a conservative know.

[heitah]

@2011Brov Yes because getting married is so hypocritical... The studies provide conclusive data that ever since divorce rates went up, marriage rates went down, that out of wed lock births sky rocketed. How can that possibly be a good thing?

[danieljdick]

@danieljdick Shalll we pray for God to bless a whorehouse of adultery? Should we pray for God to protect and bless a brothel of prostitution of justice? A nation that does not fight for justice for all but drags the faithful and their children into court, threatens them with the greatest of losses, extorts as attorneys play the Mafia thug creating a danger and demanding protection money, and then taxes them on their losses?

[danieljdick]

@danieljdick How many times do we see a man or woman play the whore on his or her marriage only to have the children and their faithful parents utterly raped in family court? Damn our nation to hell with those who support it if we will not fight to overturn this treacherous and cowardly behavior. It most certainly cannot be worthy of the name of America for whom our soldiers have fought and died, some only to experience this very robbery at the hands of those they fought to protect.

[danieljdick]

@danieljdick The sincerity of your love and your promises is only as good as the sincerity of your wedding vows. I have no issue with the innocent victims of divorce, and any honorable person or government would fight vigorously to defend their rights and their honor--something I wish our government had the backbone and integrity to do. But, if you cannot protect your own family from the agony and unjust losses of your own faithfulness, then you are both a liar and a coward.

[danieljdick]

@2011Brov Actually, you're right. Getting a divorce expresses not only free will, but also cowardice, insincerity, hypocrisy, abuse, and a willingness to tell one's family that it's OK for them to suffer miserably as long as we can be selfish and get our rocks off with whoever we feel like. So, if that is the context in which someone makes the wedding vows, then yes, it is a lie, an expression of cowardice and hypocrisy. We may have freedom to do that but not the "right" to do that.

[2011Brov]

@heitah Hey, christian, do not put word in my mouth! I never said marriage was hypocritical. Read the comment again. "How can that possibly be a good thing?" Well, unlike you I believe in personal freedom, not a 1900 year old, fictional story ( the bibel). Getting a divorce, means that a person express his/her free will. I believe that is a good thing.