CA Initiative To Ban Divorce Given Go Ahead to Collect Signatures

[furrbear]

It's not a serious move so much as a political statement, but in California, someone has decided to fight a real threat to the sanctity of marriage: the ability to divorce:

California Secretary of State Debra Bowen today authorized the backer of an initiative that would ban divorce to begin collecting signatures to put the proposed constitutional amendment before voters.

John Marcotte now has until March 22, 2010, to collect 694,354 signatures of registered voters in order to get the measure on the ballot next year. The proposal would change the California Constitution to "eliminate the ability of married couples to get divorced in California."[..]:

ELIMINATES THE LAW ALLOWING MARRIED COUPLES TO DIVORCE. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Changes the California Constitution to eliminate the ability of married couples to get divorced in California. Preserves the ability of married couples to seek an annulment. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: Savings to the state of up to hundreds of millions of dollars annually for support of the court system due to the elimination of divorce proceedings.

Comments

[jkusters]

I'll be keeping an eye out for signature gatherers in my area, that's for sure. Yeah, my motivation is pure petty vengeance, but since it has little chance of actually passing, its purely symbolic.

[furr-a-bruin.livejournal.com]

That's just not possible.

[50poundnote.livejournal.com]

I'll be signing it!

[sultmhoor.livejournal.com]

I appreciate the snark, but what if it does pass?

[furr-a-bruin.livejournal.com]

That's what Nevada is for. ;)

[furrbear.livejournal.com]

EXACTLY!

But if I read the language correctly, they'll still be married in CA

[joebehrsandiego.livejournal.com]

All those Good Xtian Couples who supported Prop. 8 will be able to prove the True Sanctity of Marriage.

[sultmhoor.livejournal.com]

But... the richest christians, the ones funding the marriage battles all over, the Catholics, would be A-OK with that.

[furrbear.livejournal.com]

Forever and Ever.

[joebehrsandiego.livejournal.com]

Why does this earworm seem appropos?

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=paradise+by+the+dashboard+light&docid=1004077187207&FORM=VIRE#

:>)

[badrobot68.livejournal.com]

Not our problem.

[happyengineer.livejournal.com]

Let's see the Mormons get behind that and piss off all the heterosexuals.

[strongaxe.livejournal.com]

Good. I guess this means that anyone who voted for Prop 8 but not for this is a hypocrite. So when this fails to pass, guess what that will say about the majority of Pro-8 voters...