Wednesday, December 02, 2009

John Marcotte wants to ban divorce in his home state of California. Seriously.

"If you want to protect traditional marriage, don't stop gay people from getting married. Stop straight people from getting divorced." - John Marcotte (pictured)

I love John Marcotte's moxy!

Miami Herald reports:
John Marcotte, the web designer voted against Proposition 8, the California Marriage Protection Act that outlawed gay marriage. Now the gay-rights supporter, who calls himself an "accidental activist," figures those same protectors of traditional marriage should flip over his initiative: the 2010 California Marriage Protection Act.

Prohibiting divorce in California, after all, would take marriage protection to a new level. "We're going to enforce morality in California and then we'll spread from state to state, the same way the Prop. 8 backers moved to Maine," Marcotte said. "If you want to protect traditional marriage, don't stop gay people from getting married," he said. "Stop straight people from getting divorced."


Interview with John Marcotte, author of bill to ban divorce

Rob Cockerham interviewed John Marcotte, a Sacramento man who filed a petition with the California Secretary of State to get a voter's initiative onto the 2010 ballot in California that would make it ban divorce. READ MORE