Malta says 'Yes' to legalizing divorce

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Source: CBC

Malta, a tiny, staunchly Catholic Mediterranean island, has voted in favour of legalizing divorce, according to the results of a referendum.

The island nation is the last remaining European Union country that bans divorce. But what had been billed as a historic referendum has ushered in a "new Malta," according to a leading politician.

Sunday's final results of the polling the day before showed that 52.67 per cent of people voted in favour of divorce, according to the Times of Malta.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/05/29/malta-divorce-legalized.html

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1. Just say'n...

This week on one of the national nightly news programs, they ran a story about how the married rate in the US was the lowest it's ever been...and then they compared it to a rate in the 1950's (?).

We LAUGHED and said that the comparison was SO irrelevant...because...since divorce was much harder to get then, how many couples were absolutely miserable but were forced to stay in the marriage. Hands?

...but I will say, Marriage for everyone that wants it!