{"id":111,"date":"2011-11-02T02:40:05","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T02:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onthedoorpostsofmyhouse\/?p=111"},"modified":"2011-11-02T02:40:05","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T02:40:05","slug":"breaking-up-is-hard-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onthedoorpostsofmyhouse\/2011\/11\/breaking-up-is-hard-to-do.html","title":{"rendered":"Breaking up is hard to do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I will admit it readily. I have no idea who Kim Kardashian is. I have no idea to whom she is married. I don&#8217;t really care that I don&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe she made a silly marriage. Maybe everyone around them knew that it wasn&#8217;t going to last. But I find it hard to believe that Kim or her future ex went into marriage intending to get divorced. This is a couple in pain. Divorce \u2013 no matter how short the marriage \u2013 is painful.<\/p>\n<p>But this picture has been floating around the web, and it really bothers me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onthedoorpostsofmyhouse\/files\/2011\/11\/384025_10150384285058112_176203198111_8251651_1305845531_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-112\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/290\/2011\/11\/384025_10150384285058112_176203198111_8251651_1305845531_n-300x263.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"263\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure she&#8217;s famous. I&#8217;m sure that she has done things that are easy to make fun of. But really? Using her divorce to make a point about the gay marriage issue? It&#8217;s ugly. It&#8217;s unkind. It&#8217;s disappointing.<\/p>\n<p>I thought the gay marriage fight was supposed to be about the right to love and commit to whomever we chose. It&#8217;s about the right to make our own choices \u2013 whether they are good and wise choices or not.<\/p>\n<p>If this is the way that the gay marriage debate is going to go, then I&#8217;m not sure I&#8217;m interested in being a part of it.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure that Kim will never read my blog, but I will say anyway what we should all be thinking: I&#8221;m sorry. I&#8217;m sorry if your heart is breaking. I&#8217;m sorry your dreams of forever didn&#8217;t come true this time. I hope that you will heal and find love again and choose wisely. Breaking up is hard, and you deserve better than being made fun of.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I will admit it readily. I have no idea who Kim Kardashian is. I have no idea to whom she is married. I don&#8217;t really care that I don&#8217;t know. 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