Divorce referendum – day of reflection
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Join in the battle between God and the devil!
The following contribution by Mr Joe Zammit appears in the comments section of The Times on-line edition.
It captures the crusading spirit of Maltese Catholicism to the last drop of spiritual blood.
“There can never be a responsible divorce. Divorce of any kind is evil, condemned by God for our own good.
We do not want divorce, any divorce. The great majority of Maltese and Gozitans want no form of divorce; so the vast majority will say NO to divorce.
It is a devilish deceit to try to qualify divorce. Divorce is the dissolution of a validly contracted marriage by a human person. No human person has the power, let alone the right, to dissolve a valid marriage.
A big NO to divorce; YES to the indissolubility of marriage.
Join in the battle between God and the devil! Fight the good fight! The victory is ours, it’s already guaranteed!”
Image: http://thetorchonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/devil_vs_god.jpg
HSBC and the Divorce Debate
HSBC – the world’s local bank – has entered the fray in Malta’s 20-year debate on whether to introduce divorce in this crumbling bastion of Christianity. Roadside billboards and posters on the sides of bus stop shelters have gone up around the island, clearly illustrating which side of the fence this bank is setting up its branches.
Take a look at this photo of their advertising campaign and the signs are there for all to see: two separate sets of keys; the key ring split in two; a divided house with one side reserved for the man and the other for the woman, as in the movie War of the Roses.
HSBC and the Divorce Debate
Today, this billboard is ostensiblypromoting their home loan scheme. Tomorrow, they may very well be encouraging us to take out a loan in order to pay for divorce proceedings or meet the financial settlement awarded by the court.
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