Kansas lawmakers not content with legislating women's bodies, now they want to legislate how divorce

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7. I can just see it now

The scene: A cozy apartment in Emporia inhabited by Cynthia, a single woman who lives alone with her kittens. The phone rings.

"Hi Cynthia, it's Mary."

'Hey! What's up?'

"Oh not much...you know Frank and I aren't really happy together anymore. We've just drifted apart, and we both feel we'd be better off starting over."

'I'm sorry.'

"Don't be! It happens. Neither of us is really sorry. You shouldn't be either."

'You got everything worked out?'

"Yeah, as much as you can. We're going to sell the house and split the proceeds. We've always had separate bank accounts and cars. He'll take his things and I'll take mine, and we'll just depart happy."

'So...what's the favor?'

"You know about this new law here in Kansas that bans no-fault divorce? Before it was passed we could have just gone to the courthouse and filed. But now we need grounds for divorce, as stupid as that sounds, and 'we just don't wanna be married to each other anymore' doesn't count. I hate to ask this but..."

'But what?'

"Could you come over to my house and have sex with Frank for me? Thanks hon, you're the greatest."