Posted on 09/09/2009 12:10:40 PM PDT by kopite82
http://ag.ca.gov/initiatives/activeindex.php?active=A 09-0026
Submitted for Title and Summary on September 01, 2009. "2010 California Marriage Protection Act."
PDF link here: http://ag.ca.gov/cms_attachments/initiatives/pdfs/i823_initiative_09-0026.pdf
SECTION 1. Title. This act shall be known as the "2010 California Marriage Protection Act."
SECTION 2. Section 7.6 is added to Article I of the California Constitution to read: "No party to any marriage shall be restored to the state of an unmarried person during the lifetime of the other party unless the marriage is void or voidable, as set forth in Part 2 of Division 6 of the Family Code.
Relevant section of the Family Code: http://www.aroundthecapitol.com/code/getcode.html?file=./fam/02001-03000/2210-2212
Website: http://rescuemarriage.org/
I wonder what constitutes “voidable”. In CA I might not have been able to divorce my abusive wife, because I didn’t have that much proof, and anyway, in many of the more liberal judges’ minds men can’t be abused by women.
I don’t know what the motivation for this was, but many people would probably agree that divorce is too easy.
(ready for flames)
Sounds like a great way to further reduce the number of marriages.
What a stupid idea.
Some things just go too far.
More control brought to you by Government.
Well the one woman - one man marriage idea would make divorce illegal. It isn’t one man or one woman at a time. It is one man-one woman marriage.
The poster signed up to FR today. The site linked is actually a pro same sex marriage site.
The “anti-divorce” bill is obviously a sort of an attempt at satire. Their point would seem to be “Heterosexuals sometimes get divorced, therefore we should allow men to marry men and women to marry women.”
the state is bankrupt and productive people are bailing out but the legislature continues it’s experiments in social and environmental engineering
The following is what I found...
RescueMarriage.org is the brain-child of concerned Christian and political activist John Marcotte, who felt strongly that Prop 8 did not go far enough in protecting traditional marriage. With the help of attorney’s and friends, Marcotte is attempting to ban divorce in the State of California.
Good..Elimination of screwy marriages and divorces such as Brittney Spears and her generation for one....
Great idea and a perfect way to protect marriage.
The poster signed up to FR today. The site linked is actually a pro same sex marriage site.
Can you give some information regarding what you're saying with this site being linked to a "same sex marriage site"? I'm trying to run down information on this and find out where the person is coming from and what's going on and so on and so forth... :-)
Good..Elimination of screwy marriages and divorces such as Brittney Spears and her generation for one....
Well..., before I comment too much on that initiative, I would like to know more about who is involved, what their motivation is, where they come from, who they are politically associated with and a bunch of other stuff. This sounds pretty fishy to me... so I would like to find out. :-)
Follow the link the poster provided:
It has links to several pro gay marriage sites. The “articles” on the surface appear to be anti-gay marriage, but if you read them, they are clearly satirical, mocking those who oppose same sex marriage.
And getting married isn't easy?
Here's a simple question, are there more marriages per capita today than there were 50, 20 or even 10 year ago?
Why are there fewer men getting married? Because, unless the intent is to raise a family, the legal ramifications do not justify the risk. The Gov't has interfered in this to the point that marriage simply isn't as attractive as it used to be.
Consider, I get married and immediately lose 50% of my income, my possessions and assume a life-long responsibility for any debts she brings in. If she cheats and has a child, I get responsibility for not only raising the child, but also paying for college (of the child's choice). If I divorce her for any number of reasons, the court may decide that she gets a percentage of my income for the rest of my life.
So, now we have pre-nuptual agreements becoming more and more popular. But consider this - if we live together without the benefit of being married, we can have kids, we can have a home and if we split up - we each go our own way.
That is why, IMHO, marriages are becoming more rare. Men gain NOTHING from the arrangement. Thanks to lawyers and the Gov't getting involved in areas they do not belong.
Although I support the concept in principle, I don’t believe this is a serious push by a conservative group or Christian organization. It seems to me that this is more likely a stunt by bitter leftwing homosexuals...an answer of sorts to Prop. 8. These people think they can show that the real motivation behind Prop. 8 wasn’t the protection of marriage but rather the hatred of gays. At least that seems to be their theory of operation on this...
and anyway, in many of the more liberal judges’ minds men can’t be abused by women.”
In the eyes of many MEN inside the total justice system- women are responsible for their own rapes.
“What were you wearing, dearie?”
“What did you say to piss him off, dearie?”
“Why did you wear that outfit if you didn’t want a man to pay attention to you, dearie?”
“Why did you decide to go to that bar to use the cigarette machine, dearie?”
“Are you sure you were to meet other girl friends at that bar, dearie?”
“Are you sure you weren’t looking to make a connection with a man, dearie?”
“Are you sure he didn’t just like you a little too much, dearie?”
Are you sure that you weren’t leading him on, dearie?”
“Are you sure you said ‘NO’. dearie?”
“Are you sure that you meant ‘NO’, dearie?”
“Did you enjoy the experience even a little, dearie?”
” Did you experience an orgasm, dearie?”
“If so, then is it really a rape, dearie?”
I could go on and on.
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