All of the following are true about the history of divorce EXCEPT:
a. The Puritans thought divorce was too easy and frequent in England so they initially forbade it in the American colonies.
b. Puritan officials in Plymouth declared in 1620 that marriage was a civil rather than an ecclesiastical matter, making divorce possible.
c. Divorce was not available in England until the late 1600's.
d. From the late 1600's until 1853 divorce could be obtained in England only by a decree from Parliament.
a
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