Daily Monitor
Sunday May 09 2021
It is not often that I write about relationships in opinion essays I contribute to Sunday Monitor, but Monday brought us news that left many of us astounded and was or is hard to ignore: the Bill and Melinda Gates divorce.
I have decided to write about their divorce because I strongly believe in family values, and I think marriage plays a great role in shaping and fostering those values.
The divorce also brought home to us the fact that we probably need as much pretence in marriage as in politics, where an unelectable presidential candidate can shout “absolutely” when a reporter asks if they will win an election.