SACRAMENTO -
A new state law banning divorce: it sounds far fetched. That's exactly what one local activist is trying to get put on the ballot, as a parody.
Comedy Writer, John Marcotte is going to gather signatures in hopes of getting an initiative on the ballot. This isn't the first time Marcotte has stirred things up. This time around, he's taking the Prop 8 debate to the next level. He says divorce is wrong, even if your wedded bliss turns into wedded disrespect.
"What it might do is cause people to really think about it, and really value their marriage while they are in it."
Many folks are checking out his website, www.rescuemarriage.org, where he has 4,000 Facebook fans, and close to a thousand dollars in donations. He's even sold out of T-shirts which read, " You said, till death do us part, you're not dead yet." Death being the only way out, doesn't sound good to divorcee, Latreia Saucedo.
"I myself am divorced for all the right reasons. If someone takes that away you can be trapped in a marriage, you'll always hate forever," she says.
Attorney Kevin Healey says, a "No Divorce" law is unconstitutional and will never happen.
"Anybody can get something before the voters, but I think it will be shot down handily, " Healy says.
Even though, many oppose Marcotte's 2010 California Marriage Extension Act, he's not getting cold feet.
"This is going to be a cake walk, a waltz in the park."
Comedy Writer, John Marcotte is going to gather signatures in hopes of getting an initiative on the ballot. This isn't the first time Marcotte has stirred things up. This time around, he's taking the Prop 8 debate to the next level. He says divorce is wrong, even if your wedded bliss turns into wedded disrespect.
"What it might do is cause people to really think about it, and really value their marriage while they are in it."
Many folks are checking out his website, www.rescuemarriage.org, where he has 4,000 Facebook fans, and close to a thousand dollars in donations. He's even sold out of T-shirts which read, " You said, till death do us part, you're not dead yet." Death being the only way out, doesn't sound good to divorcee, Latreia Saucedo.
"I myself am divorced for all the right reasons. If someone takes that away you can be trapped in a marriage, you'll always hate forever," she says.
Attorney Kevin Healey says, a "No Divorce" law is unconstitutional and will never happen.
"Anybody can get something before the voters, but I think it will be shot down handily, " Healy says.
Even though, many oppose Marcotte's 2010 California Marriage Extension Act, he's not getting cold feet.
"This is going to be a cake walk, a waltz in the park."
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