Two months ago, outgoing New York Governor Paterson made what I consider one of the biggest mistakes of his career: He signed legislation making New York the 50th and final state to sign on to no-fault divorce -- the kind where both individuals must consent to tie the knot, but only one need choose to sever it.
I was heartsick and wrote about my own divorce experience for The Daily Beast. After 20 years of marriage and two children, eight years ago my husband had begun having an affair and unexpectedly walked out one day. I was devastated, but thought he'd eventually come to his senses. Family isn't something to be thrown away overnight and, while I may have been naïve at the time, I fought to save mine.
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