Divorce Party?

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So, here's the basic plot:
A friend of mine got married a few years ago when he got his girlfriend pregnant. That was two mistakes. After a year or so, she wanted a "seperation", and wanted to see other people. Since then, the knowledge that a divorce was coming has pretty much been common knowledge.

I don't like divorces, and I think that they should be a measure of last resort only for cases of adultery and, maybe also, domestic abuse. I believe very strongly that a marriage should be for good, and that the two people involved should be careful to recognize that going into it.

My friend's divorce just became final. I can completely understand why he's happy about that. His ex-wife has been seeing other men for a few years now, and he has been pretty single. That's not to say he hasn't wanted to date people, but I think he's really been kind of waiting for everything to be officially over. I'm proud of him a bit for that, even if it's only something written into the back of his mind.

Here's my dilemma :
A bunch of my friends are throwing him a "Yea! The Divorce is Final!" party. I'm glad that he's happy, and relieved that this situation is largely in the past now, but I hesitate to go to the party (I was invited, you see...) because I don't want that to be a message of support for divorce. I'm further conflicted bcause I haven't been hanging out with these people a whole lot lately, and I told them to call me if they wanted to hang out. Now, they're coming with this thing. I want to hang out with everyone, but I don't know if I can in this situation.

Any thoughts everyone?

Ah, yes, divorce, from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet."

- Robin Williams

* I apologize if the quote above has language that offends you. I think it is suprisingly appropiate.