When the gay marriage ban of Proposition 8 was passed in 2007, many proponents of the bill claimed to not have a problem with gay people, but with the protection of traditional marriages. As a response to these arguments, Sacramento satirist John Marcotte is pushing a tongue-in-cheek ballot initiative to ban divorce. Marcotte’s proposition urges traditional marriage advocates to practice what they preach:
“It’s actually what I think is a logical extension of Prop 8, which was the California Marriage Protection Act. (My initiative) would protect traditional marriages by banning divorce,” he explained.
Marcotte’s measure needs to be formally approved by the California Attorney General before a growing army of volunteers rallies to sign the petition. News about the proposed measure spread so fast that the website for the proposition, RescueMarriage.org, crashed multiple times over the weekend due to the traffic surge it received.
While some people have shown concern that the proposal may actually gain enough support to be placed on the ballot, San Francisco divorce attorneys have been reminding those concerned that even if the initiative was voted in, the California Supreme Court would not let it stand.
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