Maryland Divorce Law May Blur the Church/State Line
There’s an interesting post on The Divorce Blog about a proposed Maryland law that would require Orthodox Jewish men filing for divorce to sign an affidavit indicating that they had removed all religious barriers to remarriage for their wives. Under Jewish law, a man must release his wife before she can remarry after a divorce, although there is no such restriction on remarriage by the husband.
The proposed legislation raises interesting questions about the already murky division between state authority and religious commitment in the marriage arena.
