Apparently, that's some big debate to some folks out there.
A guy I was talking to from Commerce, Ga., Taylor, said he believed that a spouse who hit the other was still mandated to stay in that marriage -- even if beaten to a bloody pulp.
I'm a realist, apparently. I believe in the sanctity of marriage and the purity of it. I said, point blank, I will divorce that sucker in a heartbeat ... not just for me, but for my children.
He said it is more important to stay in a marriage and be beaten than to divorce. He cited scripture -– Matt 5 and 1 Peter.
I said, "Look, I am weirded out [to say the least] that we're even having this conversation."
I got the feeling that he planned to hit me if we tied the knot.
He said hoopla about how if scripture doesn't say to divorce because of abuse [like with infidelity] then it's a sin to divorce.
I said well I'm not marrying anyone who thinks its going to be a hail Mary to get out of hitting me and "earn" my forgiveness.
I felt like hurling.
What made it odder -- he seemed really fun and conservative. Go figure.
Perhaps I should have noticed more when he said he didn't watch TV, movies or have internet.
My sister and roommate said he's a "fundamentalist looney."
I've decided I'm going to marry a man with a brain and common sense.
