<human>: Can you succinctly summarize the text in 1-3 sentences?

Just posting this to get my thoughts down and see if anyone has any insight:

Basically my girlfriend comes from an Eastern background, while I am very much Western. She is religious, and while I am also religious, I give far more weight to principles of liberty and individualism.

Today the question of divorce arose. Her belief is that marriage needs to be a sacred institution and she fears that a lax on divorce will create a proliferation of divorce rates (which she accuses the West in suffering from, while the East does not).

My argument was that this proliferation wasnt because Eastern people are more secure and dont change their mind on marriage the way Western people do, but that Western culture has not stigmatised divorce to such a degree, so that if you are in a situation that doesnt make you happy, you are free to leave it.

She has agreed that there are some grounds for divorce (husband beating wife, cheating, abuse, etc), but things such as "I changed my mind" are invalid. I agreed, but told her that you cant change the principles of divorce (or any personal liberty) because you will inevitably stigmatise those who exercise that liberty. 

So by creating more pressure to stay in a marriage, you label those who are divorced as undesirable in some way. Therefore, while in Western culture we have a higher rate of divorce, I believe we would have a much lower rate of women staying in abusive relationships in fear of stigmatisation or dependency to her husband.

She refuses to see my side, and I refuse to renounce my liberal beliefs. I love her with all my heart, and admittedly this is a minor argument, but its one that I just have no idea how to reconcile.
<bot>: GF believes some liberties should only be exercised in extreme circumstances and otherwise stigmatised. I completely disagree and have no idea how to reconcile our differences.