Let's Ban Divorce!

This video is of course not meant to be completely serious, although the issue it is targeting is very much so. Titled "2010 MARRIAGE PROTECTION ACT Signature Drive", Travis from YouTube has created a very witty video that alludes to the mockery that was the Californian Marriage Protection act that took away the right for homosexuals to get married.

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 attorneys and friends, Marcotte is attempting to ban divorce in the State of California.

It doesn't take a genius (or does it?) to realise that that anti-gay marriage organisations such as NOM and Focus on the Family have no real desire to do with "protecting marriage".  Their movement to ban gay marriage is a direct homophobic attack on gay people based on myths and fear mongering.

It makes total sense that these organisations would support the mock movement of this video.  After all, they're using the same arguments:

• Getting back to 'old' values.  Divorce wasn't always legal.
• Its all about protecting families.  We all know the best families are those where there are two parents (of the opposite sex, that is) are living under the same roof.  Right?
• It makes a mockery of marriage.  What can undermine marriage more than divorce?
• It will protect the children!  The creme de la creme of arguments.  We don't want children learning about divorce now, do we?