The very title “Christian Left” is one that a lot of us are hesitant to take on. To some extent, that is because we experience it and its sibling, “Progressive Christian,” as incomplete or limiting categories.
And both partners make vows via which they choose to surrender that freedom: when a couple stands at the altar before God and friends and family, part of what they are declaring to one another is: I can leave. But I won’t.
You recognized that being treated poorly all the time isn’t what marriage is supposed to look like, you recognized that there are worse things than being alone.