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   Does the Bible permit divorce?   
      
   Ken Paxton’s Wife Files for Divorce “in Light of Recent Discoveries”   
   State Senator Angela Paxton said she wants to end her 38-year marriage “on   
   biblical grounds.”   
      
      
   Texas State Senator Angela Paxton has filed for divorce from her husband,   
   Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has long faced   
   accusations of infidelity and corruption. Senator Paxton blamed the split   
   squarely on her husband’s cheating, while the attorney general blamed the   
   split on “the pressures of countless political attacks.”   
      
   “Today, after 38 years of marriage, I filed for divorce on biblical   
   grounds. I believe marriage is a sacred covenant and I have earnestly   
   pursued reconciliation. But in light of recent discoveries, I do not   
   believe that it honors God or is loving to myself, my children, or Ken to   
   remain in the marriage,” Senator Paxton wrote on X. “I move forward with   
   complete confidence that God is always working everything together for the   
   good of those who love Him and who are called according to His purpose.”   
      
   Those “recent discoveries” were the adultery that the senator accused her   
   husband of in her divorce petition. The petition also noted the two had   
   stopped living together in June 2024.   
      
   The attorney general made it seem like it was the stress of political   
   office rather than his sleeping with other people that caused Senator   
   Paxton to file for divorce.   
      
   “After facing the pressures of countless political attacks and public   
   scrutiny, Angela and I have decided to start a new chapter in our lives,”   
   he wrote on X. “I could not be any more proud or grateful for the   
   incredible family that God has blessed us with, and I remain committed to   
   supporting our amazing children and grandchildren. I ask for your prayers   
   and privacy at this time.”   
      
   This is extremely avoidant language from the attorney general, who just two   
   years ago was impeached by the Texas state Assembly for allegedly securing   
   a job for the woman he was having an affair with. He was eventually   
   acquitted. Attorney General Paxton is currently campaigning for the Senate   
   himself against John Cornyn.   
      
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