by gbaskerville | Jan 12, 2022 | Christians and Divorce, Focus on the Family
Someday I hope to pay this $200 award. (I've been offering a reward for months.) Someday I hope U.S. Focus on the Family will officially condone divorce for domestic violence and will add it to their list of accepted biblical reasons. Someday I hope U.S. Focus on the...
by gbaskerville | Dec 31, 2021 | Christians and Divorce, Gaslighting Examples, High-Conflict Divorces, Myths, Safe Churches & Friends
Critique: “Marriage is Hard. Divorce is Hard. Choose Your Hard” There’s a meme going around the internet and it starts with the line “Marriage is Hard. Divorce is Hard. Choose Your Hard.” This maxim annoys me. It was written by some smug person who...
by gbaskerville | Dec 30, 2021 | Abuse examples, Christians and Divorce, Gaslighting Examples
3 Reasons You Missed the Red Flags and Got into a Abusive or Unfaithful Marriage It's not your fault. People may accuse you of ignoring the warning signs before the wedding. You might be kicking yourself right now, saying "I should have seen that my...
by gbaskerville | Dec 30, 2021 | Christians and Divorce, High-Conflict Divorces
How to Defend Yourself against “You Made Your Bed; Now Lie in It” 3 Reasons You Didn’t See Warning Signs or Red Flags The surest sign that a person is a fake friend is one who says: “You Made Your Bed; Now Lie in It” They are blaming you, “You get...
by gbaskerville | Dec 30, 2021 | Christians and Divorce, High-Conflict Divorces
10 Steps to Starting the Divorce Process, if You Need a Life-Saving Divorce First, make sure you (and the kids) are safe. If your spouse has weapons or has a history of destructive behavior, you need to take precautions. If your spouse has a pattern of...
by gbaskerville | Dec 29, 2021 | Christians and Divorce, Focus on the Family
Critique of the Focus on the Family article: "PEDOPHILIA in MARRIAGE" 10 Pros and 10 Cons about their Advice . (Summary: Does Focus on the Family's article"Pedophilia in Marriage" give good advice? This 2015 article starts with some questions from a nameless...
by gbaskerville | Dec 11, 2021 | Christians and Divorce, For Pastors, Safe Churches & Friends
This table shows every known divorce among the Massachusetts Puritans 1639-1692. There are 40 divorces listed and the columns give the record location and page, the date, the names of the individuals, the cause of the divorce, the court (the jurisdiction), and the...
by gbaskerville | Dec 10, 2021 | Christians and Divorce, Focus on the Family
Note: Focus on the Family has had an article about pedophilia on their site since 2015. We know that Focus on the Family frequently praises the Duggar family online, mainly the parents who brought up 19 children, including Josh Duggar who was convicted of federal...
by gbaskerville | Dec 6, 2021 | Christians and Divorce, Focus on the Family
Divorce Saves Lives, But Focus on the Family Wants to Make it Harder for Abuse Victims to Divorce I know it's shocking. But Focus on the Family does not condone divorce for domestic violence EVER. So many of us have trusted Focus on the Family for decades. But...
by gbaskerville | Dec 5, 2021 | Christians and Divorce, Focus on the Family
Divorce Saves Lives, But Focus on the Family Wants to Make it Harder for Abuse Victims to Divorce When “no fault” divorce laws started passing one state at a time, starting with Governor Ronald Reagan in California in 1969, researchers wanted to see the effect. In...
