Their goal is admirable - they want to reduce the divorce rate and strengthen the Texas family. The couple could have no minor children, or if they did, one of the spouses would have to have been guilty of adultery, cruelty, abandonment or nonsupport. The assumption behind the legislation seems to be that couples will obtain help to patch up the marriage, saving a family and the tender hearts of any children the union may have produced. Lots of people, apparently.
Counselors note that most marriages are finished by the time a couple seeks divorce.
Reconciliation at the legal stage of separation is rare. Forcing couples to stay together simply prolongs the agony, for the couple and for any children involved. If the body's dead bury it. Many churches and religious leaders will hail the attempt, I suspect, because the church traditionally has been anti-divorce, even in modern times when divorce has ceased being the unforgiveable sin. Jesus told his disciples that divorce was unacceptable because it violated God's intent for marriage, life-long monogamy.