Americans for Divorce Reform
Attn: Colleen Fannin Arnold
1300 North Utah Street
Arlington, VA 22201
April 25, 2008
Dear Ms. Arnold:
I recently discovered the website for Americans for Divorce Reform. My interest was immediately sparked as I have spent the past several weeks researching divorce laws and statistics for my freshman research paper titled, Finding Fault with No-Fault Divorce.
Throughout the process, I have encountered statistics and read stories that make my stomach turn. With the divorce rate currently hovering between 43 to 50 percent, it is clear that the American family is in a state of crisis. Though I am aware that several factors can be attributed to the soaring rate of divorce, I agree with countless others that the no-fault divorce has had the largest amount of influence. Between 1960 and 1980, the divorce rate skyrocketed from 393,000 divorces and annulments to a staggering 1,189,000. Why is this? Because if a married man or woman wishes to divorce their spouse they are able to do just that, without any grounds for doing so.
With that being said, the current state of marriage is of serious concern to my generation as we are among the next to take the symbolic walk down the aisle. I cannot count the number of conversations that I have engaged in with my closest friends expressing how we do not want our marriages to end in yet another statistic.
However, after exploring your website, I realized that through your organization I can personally make a difference. After all, Americans for Divorce Reform, comprised of ordinary members of society, has set out to inform the public, law makers, and the media with what is wrong with divorce.
It would truly be an honor to support Americans for Divorce Reform in any way that you deem effective. In a morally corrupt world, it is encouraging to come across organizations like yours trying to make a difference.
Sincerely,
Ashley White
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment