Daniel_Cheung
12-01-2009, 08:53 PM
Movement is under way in California to ban divorce
http://www.syracuse.com/have-you-heard/index.ssf/2009/11/movement_is_under_way_in_calif.html
Til death do us part? The vow would really hold true in California if a Sacramento Web designer gets his way. In a movement that seems ripped from the pages of Comedy Channel writers, John Marcotte wants to put a measure on the ballot next year to ban divorce in California.
The effort is meant to be a satirical statement after California voters outlawed gay marriage in 2008, largely on the argument that a ban is needed to protect the sanctity of traditional marriage. If that’s the case, then Marcotte reasons voters should have no problem banning divorce.
“Since California has decided to protect traditional marriage, I think it would be hypocritical of us not to sacrifice some of our own rights to protect traditional marriage even more,” the 38-year-old married father of two said. ...
California Looking into Divorce Ban
http://www.gouverneurtimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8588:california-looking-into-divorce-ban&catid=54:worldnational-news&Itemid=153
http://www.syracuse.com/have-you-heard/index.ssf/2009/11/movement_is_under_way_in_calif.html
Til death do us part? The vow would really hold true in California if a Sacramento Web designer gets his way. In a movement that seems ripped from the pages of Comedy Channel writers, John Marcotte wants to put a measure on the ballot next year to ban divorce in California.
The effort is meant to be a satirical statement after California voters outlawed gay marriage in 2008, largely on the argument that a ban is needed to protect the sanctity of traditional marriage. If that’s the case, then Marcotte reasons voters should have no problem banning divorce.
“Since California has decided to protect traditional marriage, I think it would be hypocritical of us not to sacrifice some of our own rights to protect traditional marriage even more,” the 38-year-old married father of two said. ...
California Looking into Divorce Ban
http://www.gouverneurtimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8588:california-looking-into-divorce-ban&catid=54:worldnational-news&Itemid=153