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John Marcotte, a California man with a history of pulling social pranks, is collecting signatures to get the "California Protection of Marriage Act," which would ban divorce, on the ballot.Marcotte calls his voter initiative "the logical extension of Proposition 8," the controversial measure which last year added "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California," to the state's constitution.
Marcotte has tongue firmly in cheek -- his Web site is subtitled, "Safeguarding marriage from the evils of divorce," and supporters can buy a T-shirt of a chained-together bride and groom reading "You said, 'Til death do us part.' You're not dead yet."
But his point is valid -- since many of Prop 8 supporters cited defending traditional marriage as their reason for pushing for the gay marriage ban, shouldn't they also be supportive of the "California Protection of Marriage Act," which eliminates the greatest threat to marriage that exists?
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Monday 14 September
By jeanette
Some of you are missing this guy's point. He is not really advocating the ban on divorce, he is trying to make a statement. If marriage of same gender couples destroys marriage as an institution, so does divorce - so why not treat it equally, by making it illegal? What he might be thinking is that people of reason would see how ludicrous that wold be, and then by logic, also see how stupid it is to legislate which gender can which gender. Perhaps if people would think a little more about what they read, these misunderstandings wouldn't happen?
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Monday 14 September
By John Magurn
The first portion of the article is blocked out by a deodorant ad. AOL is so-o-o-o retarded!
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Monday 14 September
By jeanette
Some of you are missing this guy's point. He is not really advocating a ban on divorce, he is trying to make a statement. Just like marriage of same gender couples destroys the institution and sanctity of marriage (according to this proposition 8), so does divorce - so why not treat it equally, by making it illegal also? What he might be thinking is that people of reason would see how ludicrous that would be, and then see how wrong it is to legislate who can marry whom.
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Monday 14 September
By Bill West
If you outlaw divorce, you better legalize spousal homicide.
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Monday 14 September
By dbloomslm
Bet the murder rate would go up-so would desertion of families. No more child support-no more joint custody-no more California-they'd go to Nevada.
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Monday 14 September
By circus tim
This could be a great thing for the Nevada divorce industry. Weekend specials at hotels with one room first night, two rooms second night. Opposwt of wedding special two rooms first night one suite second night
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Monday 14 September
By mike
Absolutely! And, those who truly support marriage should also support legislation requiring that 1) couples must know each other for at least 1 year before marriage 2) couples should be of same race and religion and within, say, 10 years of each other in age. These factors would likely make more marriages last and therefore, true supporters of traditional marriage should support such efforts to limit who is eligible to marry.
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Monday 14 September
By Shannon
I say outlaw marriage completely. It's a stupid institution which no one takes seriously these days, and it's only a money maker for businesses and religion. BAN MARRIAGE!
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Monday 14 September
By snowboardcraaze
you should know what your marrying into before you get married- its your responsibility and your covenant with God
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Monday 14 September
By John
....and if men could have abortions, abortion would be a SACRAMENT!
I've said if for years--if you want to protect the "sanctity of marriage, outlaw divorce."
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Saturday 26 September
By Jeanne
I think it's a bad idea yeah sure some may think before they marry but in my opinion they would cheat more if no divorce or they could result to more drastic measures. People marry and murder for money they may decide thats the only way to get out a marriage they don't want be in remember the vow it Till death do us part think about that
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Monday 14 September
By greg
Think of the poor suffering lawyers whom along with judges and legislators keep the money making machine of divorce rolling!
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Monday 14 September
By Jen
I have to say that I understand what the guy means. He just wants to flush out the gay haters. I think that if 2 people want to get married they should be able to. I also think that people should really make marriage a life time commitment. Too often people give up and divorce because it is the simple solution. In instances of abuse of any kind divorce is understandable and necessary, but just because one or the other has cheated or you have fallen out of love doesn't mean that you should get divorced. Too many people marry young before they are capable of knowing what they want. Perhaps marriage should not be legal until the age of 21 like alcohol. More people should try counseling to work out issues especially when children are involved. So many kids grow up with out both parents and have life long problems because of it.
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Monday 14 September
By Marv
People who think marriage is a product of religion have bought into the bigotry of the day.
Marriage was around long before organized religion. Long before what we call civil society.
Marriage was protected by civil society since it's dawn because back then people were smart eneogh to understand what it was that enabled their communities to be successfull eneogh to need an enforceable body of law.
Successfull and civil families will naturally form successfull and civil societies.
That's the origin of marriage.
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Monday 14 September
By wasup
Ok, I am 14 years old. This is a lot of the information I have learned by listening to my parents teach me on the matter and I find it pretty good advice and heres what I say. Divorce should be banned. First of all, look what it does to families. The children are constantly going to their other parents house all the time, the parents spoil the kid because they feel guilty and when their parents marry someone else, there could be a lot of feeling of anger, because the child just wants their original parents. A lot of married couples divorce after "not having that spark" or "not not having the same feeling for eachother" when they first met. Love is not a feeling, its an action. If you love god, you obey him. If you love your parents, you obey them. If you love your spouse, you do things to make them feel special and keep your marraige going. Work out your fights and don't divorce after your first long-term conflict, that's ridiculous. And once your over with that argument, your love will be even stronger because its the hard that really show your commitment to one another. It even works out with friends. And to that guy who said people who support traditional marraige should support marraige only within the same race, your stupid, that's making it seem like there's different "kinds" of humans. And stupid racial stereotypes like "black", "white", "hispanic", "asian" etc. are stupid. It's degrading. Be proud of the heritage of the country because each country's history is different than anothers. Same with the culture. For example, If your Portuguese, that would make you "latino/a" right? But Portugal is a european country? Doesn't that make the person "white"? But lots of people in Portugal have much darker skin than a lot of Europe? It's all contradictory. This is exactly why the labels are stupid.
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Monday 14 September
By Julia
Marriage is not a religious institution. It is a civil contract. When you want to get married, who makes it "legal"? A religious person? heck no. The civil authorities legalize your marriage. The county recorder who issues the license (ever get a marriage license from a priest?)- a government official. When you want to get divorced do you go to your church? No, you go to the civil authorities in court.
You can go to any religious bunch you like, and they can say the magic words, wave their hands pass rings, etc.... but it isn't a marriage unless the civil authorities say it is. Marriage is a civil, property contract.
But the ignorant, mindless sheeple won't hear a word of it. I guess you just can't fix stupid.
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Monday 14 September
By Mike
I'm not saying all men are wife beaters. What gave you that impression? Although, I think abusive men should be single, because they can't handle a relationship. As far as women being cautious? I do believe a woman should be cautious with the men they meet. There are some evil men out there and women too. I do think people should think first before they marry and take it very seriously and as well, take it seriously with who they marry. But as far as banning divorce? It is ridiculous in my opinion to disallow somebody the right to divorce, because some times it is the best thing to do. Now as far as remarrying, depends on who it is. some people can make a relationship work and some can't. The bible says it is adultery to divorce and then remarry unless perhaps the partner dies, and then you are free from the marriage. I believe that but I don't go out here forcing my belief down someone's throat because of it. neither should this guy, cause I bet he's not perfect. He's just as dirty as the rest of us. Does that justify doing the wrong thing? no, we should think about what we do and how it will affect out fellow neighbors.
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Monday 14 September
By Amanda
Marriage is a religious institution- there's really no argument to the contrary. I believe that divorce is wrong and should only be allowed in extreme circumstances- like abuse or serial cheating. People take marriage to lightly these days. Within the church, I'm opposed to gay marriage. It says, quite plainly, that it's a sin in the bible. I don't, however, feel that should be imposed on all of society. If you want to get married in a courthouse or by a justice of the peace, go right ahead. The church should not be involved though. For the record, I truly believe that divorce is undermining marriage WAY more than gay marriage. I'd be way quicker to support a real variation of this law than one that banned gay marriage.
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Monday 14 September
By Ann
#1, it's only a petition dorks. # 2, do you know how much we, the tax payers, pay for these divorces? Many, many, many divorces are paid by the tax payers as the people filing can't afford it. I think it's a great idea that will save tax payers money. People who divorce don't have respect for what marriage is anyway, so why should they care? And marraige came from GOD and GOD ALONE. So HE CAN say who is to marry, HE DID say who can marry and that's the fact Jack. If you don't believe that, then you don't believe in the God of the bible. If you do, then John 3:16 whoever believes will be saved. BUT....You have to believe in Him, who IS the Word. If you think the bible isn't true, then don't marry. Gays just want to marry for the benefits, not out of pleasing God.
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Monday 14 September
By peggy sue
First of all, CLEARLY this man is just trying to make a point - that if heterosexual marriage is so perfect, then it should be protected by outlawing divorce. His point is: That's just as crazy as outlawing marriage between ANY two people that want to enter into a union. OK - anybody with a brain "gets it".
Personally, I don't care WHO gets married, as long as their happy. AND - if you really want to protect marriages? MANDATE HEAVY FINES AND JAIL TIME FOR PROVEN ADULTERY. That'l save marriages, or at least give justice for innocent partners trying to hold theirs and their kid's lives together in the face of an immature and irresponsible jerk of a spouse. No-fault divorce, my a$$.
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