A Sacramento man is collecting signatures in an effort to get the "California Protection of Marriage Act" on the ballot. If passed, divorce would be banned in the Golden State.
Writer John Marcotte, the mastermind behind Rescuemarraige.org, told CNN this Act "is largely based on the bible," but he isn’t the religious fundamentalist many have made him out to be. In actuality, he's launched this campaign to satirize Proposition 8, which made gay marriage illegal in the state of California in November of 2008.
“I am trying to extend the good work done with Proposition 8 last year,” Marcotte said in an interview with Cockeyed.com. “It could really happen. The United States has not always had divorce as an institution the way we do now… in the past, divorces were at the very least difficult to get and frowned upon by society. Now they pass them out like Tic-Tacs.”
Marcotte has already submitted his initiative to the attorney general for review. If all goes as planned, it will be on the ballot by 2010.
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What an interesting thought. Divorce should be harder but outlawing divorce may be a little too extreme. I subscribed to this column and look forward to reading more. Perhaps we can collaborate sometime.
Thanks, Jami! I've subscribed to your column as well and would love to collaborate sometime.
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