Campaigner wants ban on divorce

Pompey Magnus

Following California's decison to ban gay marriages defended largely as being an effort to protect the sanctity of traditional marriage (and of course nothing at all to do with homophobia) a Sacramento man and self described "concerned Christian" has started a campaign to continue this good work by further protecting traditional marriage through outlawing divorce, perhaps with just a hint of satire.

Link

www.rescuemarriage.org/

Zombrex

Good ... if Californians want only "traditional" marriage they can take the whole kit and caboodle :pac:

Galvasean

Great, make people who hate each other stick together. Watch domestic violence reports soar.

Pompey Magnus

Galvasean wrote: »

Great, make people who hate each other stick together. Watch domestic violence reports soar.

I assume the point of the exercise is to show up the ridiculous nature of banning gay marriage. Should this get on the ballot the outcome would be interesting whichever way it goes.

If it is rejected then it will damage the defense that gay marriage was banned primarily in order to preserve the sanctity of traditional marriage and not an attempt at discriminating against homosexuals. However if it is passed (and although it is being proposed and supported by secular groups there is the expectation that religious groups such as Roman Catholics may hijack the campaign to get it through), then the hope will be that moderates in America who have so far bent over backwards to not offend religious groups will finally realise that religion has been getting far too much say in a supposedly secular country like the US.

It would be a case of taking one step back to take two steps forward. And at any rate even if it were to pass women who would otherwise have left and divorced an abusive husband will be no more likely to stick around, they will still be able to leave but just would not get the legal right to divorce him until the bill is repealled.

Zombrex

Yeah before this thread gets a bit derailed by outrage, it should be pointed out to anyone who didn't view the site, this is a satire. They are actually trying to get the signatures to put the bill forward, but for the purposes of highlighting how "untraditional" marriage already is in California and how ridiculous it was to ban gay marriage. A ban on divorce in California, with divorce rates well above 60%, would never pass, simply highlighting the hypocracy of Californians.

My fav tag line

You said till death do us part. You ain't dead yet

or

I got divorced and now I have to live with that horrible sense of liberation for the rest of my life

:pac:

robindch

Wicknight wrote: »

You said till death do us part. You ain't dead yet

You can (almost) buy it on a tee-shirt:

http://rescuemarriage.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/chains_of_love_t-shirt.gif

Xluna

Galvasean wrote: »

Great, make people who hate each other stick together. Watch domestic violence reports soar.

Hell why not take it a step further. Let's have organised marriages. Every gay man should marry every lesbian woman. Now how could that possibly defile Gods great plan for nature.

robindch

Xluna wrote: »

Every gay man should marry every lesbian woman.

Years ago, an outrageously gay bloke I knew married a french lady. Not sure what happened on the honeymoon but she came back the first week, and he the second.

Not exactly a text-book case of how to peer-pressure gay people into marrying successfully, I have to say.

equivariant

robindch wrote: »

Years ago, an outrageously gay bloke I knew married a french lady. Not sure what happened on the honeymoon but she came back the first week, and he the second.

Not exactly a text-book case of how to peer-pressure gay people into marrying successfully, I have to say.

From pedant's corner. Is it also possible to be 'outrageously straight'?

Xluna

equivariant wrote: »

From pedant's corner. Is it also possible to be 'outrageously straight'?

Yes.

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John Marcotte, rescuemarriage.org wrote:

As I walk down the street, often people ask me, “John, how can I avoid the hell-fire and torment of eternal damnation?”

LOL! Suuure they do...