There oughta be a law!

Well, there may in fact have been.

Like Wanda Sykes says - the problem with marriage is divorce!

Have you ever asked yourself . . . if the institution of marriage is so important, why is divorce legal?

Weeeeell, it hasn't always been. A no-fault divorce has only been around since 1969.

And what about birth control? Has it always been legal?

Weeeell, no, it hasn't. Birth control has only been legal since 1965!

And furthermore, why is smoking legal? Doesn't this cost an arm and a leg and for some, a lung and a life?

Could it be because it's a significant source of revenue when legal?

And corruption when not?

And even further, why is alcohol legal?

See "smoking" above.

These sure seem (correction: "once seemed") like important social issues, right? After all, most were ILLEGAL at one time!

So finally these aforementioned social issues became nothing more than everyday things. Nobody politics for making divorce illegal! I haven't heard of anybody seriously trying to outlaw birth control! And although smokers have been relegated to the front entry of most businesses, no one seriously thinks of banning it from society. And alcohol! Well, I don't see another prohibition in our near future.

So, have you ever thought about what you would do if you had the power?

I mean, if you REALLY had the power, what would you do?

What would you wish for, pray for . . .

A ban on divorce? a ban on smoking? birth control? alcohol? _______ (you fill in the blank)?

After all, the American public once thought these should be, right?

So, if you REALLY had the power to change the world . . . what was that you would wish for, pray for . . . ?

I'll give you a minute.

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So, what did you come up with?

Eliminate poverty?

Now that would surely change the world. No more poverty.

Make war obsolete?

Hasn't happened in the history of the world - maybe it's time. Never another war.

Find a cure for AIDS?

What a miracle this would be. Not one more death.

End all violence?

No doubt that would solve a lot of our problems. Peace.

Sure, you don't have the power to do even one of those REAL world-changing things, but . . .

for me, it illustrates the big picture and puts all those other seemingly pressing "social issues" of today into perspective.