| − | '''Divorce''' is the [[legal]] dissolution of a [[marriage]] [[contract]]. Marriage sometimes has a legal and a religious component. Divorce ends the legal contract. Some religions require the married partners to have a ''religious'' divorce if the individuals wish to continue their religious practice. For instance, practicing [[Jews]] must get both a legal divorce, to satisfy secular authorities, and a ''get'' (גט), or religious divorce, to satisfy religious practice. | + | '''Divorce''' is the [[legal]] dissolution of a [[marriage]] [[contract]]. Marriage sometimes has a legal and a religious component. Divorce ends the legal contract. Some religions require the married partners to have a ''religious'' divorce if the individuals wish to continue their religious practice. For instance, practicing [[Jews]] must get both a legal divorce, to satisfy secular authorities, and a ''get'' (גט), or religious divorce, to satisfy religious practice. [[Liberals]] have consistently gotten divorced at higher rates than social [[conservatives]], which some say strains the sanctity of [[marriage]]. |