A second thought: There'll be a migration of married folks to other states to establish "residency" in order to start the divorce process.

This puritan view of divorce by Mr. Fishbrains would force people to remain in a cold, loveless relationship causing even more suffering, stress and pain. Some might go as far as suicide to get out, like they did prior to the no fault divorce.

I propose marriage licenses with a five year expiration date. At the end of five years, you either renew or you split assets 50-50 and move on.

Marriage is a concept whose time has come and gone and is incompatible with women's rights.

If you want out of a relationship, you will get out, regardless of marital status.

Conversely, if you want to stay with someone, you will. You don't need marriage to be in a committed relationship.

This is what a lot of people can't understand. Saying something is "marriage-like" before it existed is rather disingenuous because marriage is a specific concept governing property, inheritance, and paternity. There is nothing "godly" or a "commitment" or sacred about it. It has been around only about 5,000 years. The human race existed just fine without it long before it came about.

It has always been the foundation of patriarchy, and that is why the religious right nutjobs like the Heritage Foundation and the Christian "reconstructionists" (misnamed nationalists) want to prop it up so much. They know what it is and what it entails, which is the subjugation of women.

While divorce is the least in the blue states of the northeast.

but all the assets generated while they were married? Yeah, I don’t see that going very far. Unless, of course, Mr. Fishback has envisioned a way it would only target women.