Rules are rules.

In the heated debate on divorce in Malta, I have a simple statement to say.

People who are pro-divorce should only get married by law and not by religion. Those who complain about the Church not allowing divorce should realise that if you are married by the Church, you have to abide by the Church's laws. Now I'm not one who's in favour of how the Church is run or anything but you can't expect it to bend its rules like that.

I believe that people married only by law are entitled to annulments, and that people married by the Church are only entitled to divorce in extreme cases. Otherwise, you're being a hypocrite by calling yourself a Roman Catholic and then doing something very, uh, un-Roman Catholic. And the Church already has enough hypocrites as it is.

It's that simple. And if you really think divorce is a very real possibility for you, you should consider your relationship before getting married at all.

Peace.