Oklahoma Political News Service: GOP Lawmaker Renews Push for "Covenant Marriage"

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Monday, February 19, 2007

GOP Lawmaker Renews Push for "Covenant Marriage"

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) A Republican lawmaker hopes to reduce the state's high divorce rate by allowing "covenant marriages" that make it more difficult for couple's to split up. The voluntary new form of marriage is being proposed by Representative John Wright of Broken Arrow. The bill would ban "incompatibility" as grounds for divorce and require the couple to attend marriage counseling at least 15 days before the wedding. University of Oklahoma family law professor Robert Spector says covenant marriage is not likely to reduce Oklahoma's divorce rate. Spector says making divorce more difficult will only lead to more money in attorneys' pockets. Oklahoma's divorce rate is currently about 5 divorces per one-thousand Oklahomans each year.

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Posted at 2/19/2007 09:00:00 AM

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