Divorce should be legal
The minute it becomes illegal I see half the men in this world shooting themselves dead
On a fair note, divorce should be legal. I see that some countries have designated ways of making sure that divorce is not to be toyed with. In the US, divorce results in 50% of the property owned by the male of the family (or the earning hand? something like that) to be transferred in name of the ex-wife. Children are also not just playthings you can toss around and there are concrete rules on who should have the guardianship of the child, how often the other parent may interact with the child (especially if the divorce was a result of the incompetence of misbehavior of the other parent) and whatnot. So a sane couple would either not marry and once they married, they would like to be dead sure that 'until death do they part'.
As far as my religious beliefs go, divorce is legal and a ''necessary sin', per se. It's preferred to not divorce and the procedure makes it quite comfortable for the woman to adjust in the South Asian society or even abroad.
Skimming through it: divorce (talaaq) is declared twice. Ideally this should be done over a period of three menstrual cycles for the woman, so that after the first divorce they don't necessarily 'associate' but have time to think. Reconciliation in this period of time nullifies the divorce.
The three menstrual cycles are actually the woman's
iddat, after which she can remarry. The purpose seems to be confirmation of whether she is pregnant or not, and also this paves way (in case all the divorces have not been said) for making up with the man again. She stays in the man's house during this time, if she is pregnant she stays with him until she has delivered the child. She is not bound to raise the child and even if the ex-husband wants her to breastfeed the child, she holds the right to demand payment since it is no longer her responsibility. Hence, after divorce the child is the sole responsibility of the father and his family; if the father is deemed unfit for undertaking this responsibility the government may take responsibility, and if the mother wishes and is deemed fit she may take responsibility of the child. The woman can also divorce the man, it is known as khula and is more of a 'plea for talaaq' to the court which then ensures the man divorces her. The
mehr (a sum of money given to the woman at the time of marriage) is maintained by the woman and will not be returned.
As far as promiscuity and unfaithfulness go, it'll only increase in incidence if divorce is abolished. Maybe a man isn't unfaithful as such, but if he's stuck with a woman he no longer wants he is then forced to cheat on her. Though men/women who are bad with monogamy are going to end up cheating on their spouse, divorce or not.
