The pretty pair of newlyweds pictured above are Travis and Sophia Dunlap.
Travis is a professional piano tuner, percussionist and State Rep from the Bartlesville area. Like most local conservative politicians who tune pianos, Travis a big fan of conservative, Christian-based interpretations of freedom.
We know this thanks to the following quote that’s plastered on the front of his website:
Freedom is a gift from God? Okay, but which one? At last check, there are a bunch of religions and gods out there. In fact, some of them are pretty restrictive when it comes to fundamental human rights, freedoms and…
Wait. I don’t want to fall into this trap. Let’s just play along. That seems more fun.
I agree 100%!!! Hallelujah!!! Freedom is a gift from God!!! It’s not granted by any state!!! The state must guard the freedom that God has endowed!!!
Well, that is unless you want to use God’s freedom to escape from an incompatible marriage. If that’s the case, Travis thinks you’re only free to suffer.
He recently introduced HB 1277. Named the ‘Fairness in Fault Act,’ it will make it more difficult for individuals to seek a divorce on grounds of “incompatibility.”
Via KFOR:
When a couple decides to get a divorce, it can be an emotional and difficult experience for both parties…
Now, an Oklahoma lawmaker wants to make the process a little harder for certain couples.
House Bill 1277, which was introduced by Rep. Travis Dunlap, would change the grounds for a divorce.
Currently, Oklahoma couples can ask for a divorce for several reasons including abandonment, adultery, impotency, extreme cruelty, fraudulent contract and incompatibility.
However, the bill, which is called the ‘Fairness in Fault Act,’ would do away with incompatibility for certain couples.
Under the proposed bill, the court would not be able to grant a divorce to a couple under the incompatibility claim if there are minor children, the parties have been married for at least 10 years or either party files a written objection to the divorce.
Instead, the couple would have to prove that their marriage couldn’t be saved because of one of the other criteria for a divorce.
That’s great. If history has taught us anything over the years, it’s getting the government involved in the private, personal lives of law-abiding adults is always a wise decision. Only the government truly knows what’s best for your life and private relationships.
Also, if you want to stop people from doing something that you don’t necessarily like, ban it or make it illegal. That always solves the problem.
Dunlap’s bill also seeks to punish people who file for divorce…
The bill could also cause one party to be responsible for the majority of the court costs.
The bill states that if a judge finds that one person caused the ‘dissolution, annulment, or separation’ of the marriage via the criteria for a divorce, then “the court shall order that party to pay the other party’s expenses, including attorney fees.”
If that is the case, “the court shall award only one-quarter of the marital property to that spouse and the other spouse shall retain the remaining three-quarters of the marital property.”
Okay, I know that a woman’s primary concern should faithfully serving her husband and having his babies, but I wonder what Travis’ wife thinks about this? Does Sophia want to have her right to get a divorce restricted? Should she lose her share of marital property or income just because she stopped loving someone? Considering she married this nut, I’d say probably so.
“Should she lose her share of marital property or income just because she stopped loving someone?”
If she goes out and cucks the guy, then yes. Men are already at a disadvantage when it comes to divorce, so the monetary aspect is akin to adding salt on the wounds. I like how you automatically take the woman’s side on this bill, while implying she’ll be the one to walk away in this case (wonder why that is)… Are women truly the vics here?
Vix, are you a divorce lawyer? They should title this bill “The Divorce Lawyers’ Full Employment Act.”
In court to argue that one spouse was mostly at fault and should get only 1/4 of the marital property? That sounds like lots of fun. In a case like that, no one is going to “win” except the lawyers.
Graychin, I am, fortunately, not one. Wouldn’t it be nice to get to keep your fair share because a spouse decided to ride the genital carousel, though? How many people hide under the guise of incompatibility when one them was getting that compatibility on the side?
I could be wrong, but my guess is that more men are unfaithful to their wives than vice versa.
I’m sorry if your own unfortunate experience has clouded your judgement about this issue. This is a BAD bill.
I kept my prior reply gender-neutral, so my judgement is perfectly clear on this issue.
“I could be wrong, but my guess is that more men are unfaithful to their wives than vice versa.”
If we go by the standard expectations of men chasing tail, then that’d mean that women hold all the cards and access to their bodies. The thirst is real out there, and, at any given point in time, even the Okie-standard ones can get wood in minutes, so I’m respectfully disagreeing with you on this one.
“but I wonder what Travis’ wife thinks about this?” –
IF she’s a good Bible believin’ (literally) modern Christian wife, then she should be glad that he isn’t
asking the state to condone the murder of the wife upon asking for a divorce. Funny how “conservatives” cry about government is far too embedded in *their* lives, all the while shoving their idea of “small” government in everyone else’s. I’d hazard a guess that this guy thinks that all Christians are being persecuted because our laws and constitution are preventing them from persecuting the people that they demonize. Introspection….not a big teaching in modern Christianity. What’s the golden rule these days? “Do unto others before they can do unto you” (?)
I happened to be standing in the room when Ms. Chaney read this story and I swear she telepathically turned my TV up and dipped a little into her Satan voice when she got to the word “INCOMPATIBILITY”, like she’s experienced it in her life or something…ha. Fat chance of that ever happening.
She’s becoming wayyy too attractive, by the way and if that’s possible. Not that there’s anything wrong with that; I guess all of the pulchritudinous good vibrations overflowing from her aura acts as a natural separator of the Wanna Bees from the Hoosier Daddys. I actually wouldn’t mind seeing her around town on the arm of a man of slight stature and darker skin. Fat chance of that ever happening.
Anyway, yeah! Bad politician!! Stop messing with our way of life!!!!
I grew up in Bartlesville and this dude was a couple years behind me in high school. Their whole family is nuts, so this isn’t surprising.
Yeah he has that Batshit Crazy Derplahoman look.. Probably take family vacations to the Creation Museum and the Holy Land Amusement Park ..
I seriously cannot wait to retire and leave this f*cking state. I have lived here all of my life and it has just become riddled with these hyper-christian tools. I told my kids that the only thing that they could possible do that would truly disappoint me would be to remain in this state after college like I did.
Unmarried white Jesus luvs him some difficult to dissolve wedlock!
So let me get this straight, they get a divorce. SHE pays the court cost and attorneys fees for BOTH parties. SHE is now entitled the 3/4 of the estate including family property that was HIS prior to the marriage, 3/4 of his state retirement benefits, 3/4 of his earned income in alimony, et cetera. On a million dollar estate, he would get $250 thousand, she would receive $750 thousand, that’s one heck of a money making deal, to get hundreds of thousands for the price of ten or twenty grand. Tell you what ladies, that sounds like a new revolution because the person that has the money and the property, is the one with the power. Let him pass it.