Will California ban divorce?
As reported by the Associated Press on November 30, 2009 there is a grass roots movement is underway in California to ban divorce.
Activists at the local levels are collecting signatures on petitions to place a measure on the 2010 California ballot which reads as follows:
SECTION 1. Title. This act shall be known as the “2010 California Protection of Marriage 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.
This "family values" proposal is based on the logic that if it is impermissible for same-sex couples to marry because of the sanctity of the marriage relationship, it makes sense also to ban divorce for the same reason.
If the measure passes, California would become the first state to ban divorce and would join nations such as Malta and the Philippines.
Maybe they should just make it harder to get married instead?
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