Apparently upset by the arguments made by official backers of California Marriage Amendment, one fellow has tried to adapt them to another proposed ballot measure that would ban divorce. The attitude is a very thinly disguised "So you say marriage is sacred, huh? Well then, prove it by banning divorce!"
On Lawn wrote about this just yesterday, prompted by Ed Morrisey's piece.
You can hear the man proposing this "divorce ban" in this audio, from yesterday's "John & Ken Show".
[More after the jump.]
I agree that there is way too much divorce, and that divorce is a bad thing. At its "least worst" divorce is the best option left after at least one serious mistake has already been made, and one or both spouses refuses to take the steps to become a healthy spouse. I'd rather people not make those mistakes – such as marrying the wrong person, or mistreating their spouse - to begin with.
I wrote about this already in "Divorce Does Not Justify Neutering Marriage Licensing", published on my namesake blog at the end of 2008. I highly suggest checking out what I wrote then.
If nothing else, this gives a chance to examine before the public why divorce is bad, and to talk again about why we value marriage, and perhaps build momentum for more sensible legal reform when it comes to marriage.
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