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Question: When did divorce originate in USA and what positive/negative impact did it have for it's society !?
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The first American couple to divorce obtained their decree in 1639 from a Puritan court in Massachusetts (Mrs!. James Luxford, on grounds of bigamy ,she was awarded Mr!. Luxford's property and he was fined, placed in the stocks, then banished to England)

"Anecdotal evidence indicates that untold numbers of other colonists simply deserted their unwanted or offending mates!."

Early Americans, however, acknowledged divorce as a reality!. Increasingly, advocates of divorce argued that divorce was a citizen's right, and that it was beneficial to American society because it eliminated dysfunctional marriages!. Although "no thinking person" would argue that divorces "be granted people who have simply tired of the marriage yoke," certainly divorces for "extreme cruelty, drunkenness and certain forms of crime" were necessary!. Should divorce disappear, "women would be the chief sufferers, for they would be compelled to bow their necks to the yoke!.: Rather than escaping unbearable marriages, aggrieved wives would have to endure - to be "a bond slave as abject as she was in the days of the savagery of the race!."Www@QuestionHome@Com

If the family is the building block of society, then marriage is the foundation of the family!. However, this foundation is growing weaker, with fewer adults entering into marriage, more adults leaving it in divorce, and more and more adults eschewing it altogether for single parenthood or cohabitation!.
But no one, should be subjected to an abusive relationship or marriage where children are the defenseless abused ones !!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Probably when a colonialist decided to replace a squaw with an indentured servant or a redeemer!.

Whatever it had before I cannot answer!. Unless you have experienced a divorce you cannot imagine how ignorant people can become!.

I have been there and today life for me is not the same!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It originated in ancient times, but liberalism has caused it to multiply and spread!. It has largely destroyed our society!.

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no negative!.!.all positive!.!.if gave women the option of getting out of slavery, and abusive relationships!.!. marriage is an outdated concept and needs to be abolishedWww@QuestionHome@Com

Divorce!? Sounds good!.!.!. where!?!?!? When!?!?!?
No idea butThe impact must have been devasted for the men that misunderstood the terms of marriage with marriage=ownership!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

I have NO idea when it originated BUT for my Mom & us children it was definitely a positive thing!Www@QuestionHome@Com