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Originally Posted by aron
Neither Jesus nor Paul gave this kind of advice. Quite the opposite. I wouldn't feel so free myself. If the word "sacred" has any practical meaning at all in this world, then probably the marriage covenant is sacred.
But obviously many Christians disagree today. In the LCs, if one's spouse is attached to a different denomination (and "the local church" is a name just like any other) it's probably grounds for divorce. You know, "not being faithful to the ministry". That's probably enough, in their eyes.
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I know of a brother, from Santa Cruz days, and after leaving the LC, whose wife was forced to divorce her husband, by the elders, because he expressed that he was no longer devoted to Lee and his ministry. They had children too, and he loved his wife dearly. It crushed him. So even the local church don't hold to legalism when it comes to divorce.