If you want to protect marriage you must ban divorce, at least according to one Sacramento man. John Marcotte, a 38-year-old married father of two, wants to put a measure on the ballot next year to ban divorce in California. He wants “‘Until death do you part” to mean what it says.
When California voters outlawed same-sex marriage in 2008, supporters of Prop 8 argued it was needed to protect the sanctity of marriage. So Marcotte is using the same approach to make a satirical statement about marriages.
“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,” Marcotte told Southern California Public Radio. Marcotte’s proposal would amend California’s constitution to eliminate the ability of married couples to get divorced while allowing married couples to seek an annulment. He needs more than 694,000 by March 22 for the measure to appear on next year’s ballot.
A spokesman for Restore Equality 2010, which wants to repeal Prop 8, said they back Marcotte’s message but won’t be joining the push to ban divorce “We find it quite hilarious,” Jeffrey Taylor told SCPR. That’s a compliment for Marcotte, who runs a comedy website that includes a list of the Top Five Republican Gay Sex Scandals. Sometimes people are just looking for attention and that is exactly what this comedian is getting.
Divorce destroys the sanctity of marriage and its powerful influence on the betterment of society. This proposition would keep the very meaning of marriage from being transformed into nothing more than a contractual relationship between two adults.
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The man who wants to put a ban on divorce on the ballot is doing so to test if religious folk are consistent in their beliefs. Considering that California failed to embrace marriage equality but not allowing same sex couples to get married, they should surely agree that banning divorce will preserve the sanctity of marriage?
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With the failure of a gay marriage bill in New York, progressives are searching for new methods to shape public opinion. But few have tried what John Marcotte is proposing: a ban on divorce. The initiative is a satirical statement flung at gay marriage opponents. Marcotte, with his tongue firmly lodged in cheek, argues that if California voters are so concerned about preserving traditional marriage, they should ban divorce.
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