If marriage is so fucking sacred...BAN DIVORCE

[and-justice-for-all]

so much so that I can not marry my lover of 14 years; Then they should ban divorce.

Go ahead and not allow me to marry, but they need to show just how dedicated they are to the sanctity of marriage by banning divorce too.

[GainesT1958]

1. Some countries do...

But--to my knowledge--they don't allow gay marriage, either.

If it helps, I hope Prop 8 is overturned by the Calif. Supreme Court.

B-)

[Maestro]

2. Totally agree

Lots of hypocrisy going around with Prop 8 and other similar measures.

[Orrex]

3. And if it's primarily meant for procreation

Then they should tax or imprison all who gain the benefits of marriage without procreating, those free-loaders!

[pansypoo53219]

4. or jail married people who have affairs.

banning divorce is not the best solution, but certainly put it on the table.

[and-justice-for-all]

6. Indeed..

I am just so fucking furious with those fuckers!!

[atreides1]

16. Jail is not the Biblical punishment for Adultery

Being stoned to death is!

[and-justice-for-all]

19. Just what would the suicide rate be if divorce was banned? nt

[RaleighNCDUer]

28. That's funny. In my experience, adultery was usually the

result of being stoned, not the cause of it.

[and-justice-for-all]

30. HA! nt

[RedLetterRev]

33. Gee, I only wanted chicken wings and a bag of chips :)

I've been paired-off way too long (don't let my husbear read that!) :rofl:

[Cronus Protagonist]

5. They also need to ban "The Bachelor"

I'm just sayin'

[Wetzelbill]

7. they should probably do that anyway nt

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

9. Ryan Seacrest?

:shrug:

[and-justice-for-all]

10. I would so do him..nt

[Idealism]

8. This is the same hypocrisy of the Republican party on their economic policies

They want to tell other people what they can't do but when it comes to them they want all options on the table. The Mormon church financed Prop h8 heavily saying they wanted to 'protect marriage' yet in Mormon culture they encourage you to get married to multiple teenage girls... real sacred.

[Lerkfish]

11. several things.

1. first of all, we all know the objection to gay marriage is not based on logic, legal or otherwise.
2. banning divorce as a reaction to number 1 would be proposing a proportional and logical counter, which means you accept their false argument that there is a logical or legal reason for their position.

you can only counter bigotry with exposure. You can't counter it with threats to their status quo. they're already terrified, no?

I agree something should be done, but I question whether this is the right "something".

[and-justice-for-all]

17. Im just throwing it out there...

It is something I have been saying for years..nt

[Lerkfish]

31. oh, sorry, not trying to rain on your parade

just saying that they are operating on irrational fear of a perceived threat, and if you make that irrational threat real to them, you only reinforce their original position.

I know that's not what you're really suggesting, but that is how they would view it.

[phantom power]

12. Some of the wingnut-o-sphere does want to ban no-fault divorce.

These people aren't planning to stop with gay marriage. They want the whole taliban-special enchilada. No contraception, no abortion, no divorce, state sponsored patriarchy, etc.

I think the tide of history is against them, but they won't go down without a fight.

[hobbit709]

13. The last clown that tried to talk about the "sanctity of marriage" to me

Got shut up real quick when I asked him "Just what part of 'until death do us part' did you forget?"
since I knew that 1. he's been married and divorced 3 times-the last time to a titbar dancer. 2. He's a failed Pentecostal minister. and 3. I mentioned that my heterosexual marriage was in no way threatened by allowing gays and lesbians to marry.

[and-justice-for-all]

21. Those people make me so damn mad! nt

[jpljr77]

14. Agree 100%. Put up or shut up, "Marriage is a sacred, godly act" people.

As much as I disagree with the Catholics on most things, at least they pretend harder to honor marriage.

[and-justice-for-all]

18. Put up or shut up is how I feel about it...nt

[dysfunctional press]

15. or- if someone divorces three times, they are no longer allowed to marry.

they obviously aren't suited for such a sacred institution.

three strikes and you're OUT.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

20. Old Sparky for Larry King!!!

[dysfunctional press]

23. i'm not calling for any kind of actual punishment...

the "out" in 3 strikes and you are in this case is out of the marriage pool.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

42. After two they should be FORCED in to a GAY marriage!

[bluedawg12]

22. Ban TV shows where the "sacred" is the prize! n/t

[dysfunctional press]

25. or made a mockery of...(desperate houswewives, i'm looking at you)

nt

[and-justice-for-all]

27. RIGHT! nt

[Burma Jones]

24. You know, if the RW Jackasses would just come out and say....

"We do not want Gay to be seen as Normal"

or

"We do not want to cross the line from tolerance to acceptance"


WTF are they scared of? These are their reasons, stop bullshitting, OK?

[and-justice-for-all]

29. I agree..nt

[Lerkfish]

32. agreed. Like I was saying up the thread

their positions have nothing to do with logic or legality.

[thereismore]

26. Ban adultery. Leviticus 20:10. Same punishment as for gay sex: stoning. nt

[Gregorian]

34. Make it illegal to be single.

Hey, I'm 52 and I'm not going to marry nor breed. So what the hell good am I?

By the way, I'm standing here with mud on my shoes with a chainsaw in the kitchen and a humongous bonfire roaring outside. Now THIS is freedom. :)

Carry on. Forgive me for being so trite.

[LanternWaste]

35. You've got an old fashioned idea divorce is something that lasts forever...

"You've got an old fashioned idea divorce is something that lasts forever, 'til death do us part.' Why divorce doesn't mean anything nowadays, Hildy, just a few words mumbled over you by a judge."

(Cary Grant as Walter Burns in 'His Girl Friday')

:)

[stray cat]

36. True regardless of sexual orientation if you move in together you are together for life

after all sexual relations was once considered marriage

[KamaAina]

37. Louisiana once considered moving in that direction

the fundiebots were pushing something called "covenant marriage", which would have been a lot harder to undo than traditional marriage. (See how much they mind messing with "traditional marriage" when it suits them? :eyes: ) Regular marriage would have remained an option, but the concern was that one partner would say, "But if you really loved me, you'd choose the covenant marriage...". :scared:

[kevinbgoode]

45. I'd like to know the "moral" foundation for letting rapists,

child molesters, spousal abusers and murderers marry. I don't hear peep from the religiously correct about deliberately helping a child sex abuser marry and create children to harm.

[TexasObserver]

38. Yes. But first, the death penalty for adultery!

Stoning. Old Testament style.

[rebel with a cause]

48. Well, if you did then most of us would not need a divorce.

:rofl:

[Turn CO Blue]

39. If marriage is so sacred, then why let people marry in Las Vegas

"chapels" in ceremonies led by an Elvis inpersonator. They have a freaking "drive thru" chapel there.

The hypocrisy is staggering.

[and-justice-for-all]

41. RIGHT! nt

[southernleftylady]

40. Thats what I said in this thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4426917&mesg_id=4426917

[Puzzler]

43. Yep... and punish adultery, while you're at it.

.

[ddeclue]

44. Soo NOT a good idea.....

Two bad ideas don't equal a good one...

[Holly_Hobby]

46. Ban pre-nups too. n/t

[dorkulon]

47. Let's just ban marriage.

I don't really see why the state is involved in sanctifying people's relationships anyway.