In 2008 California voters outlawed same-sex marriage in the state. California legislation had voted to make same-sex legal in the state of California, but than the people of California voted to make it illegal. Californian’s voted this way because they felt marriage is a sacred and legal union that is supposed to be between a man and a woman. From the Los Angeles times there is an opinion piece suggesting that California try to ban divorce and put that on a ballot and see what the people vote for. The author of this piece proclaims banning divorce would protect the traditional sanctity of marriage. The author is being satirical when he proposes this idea and he is not actually being serious. He is making fun of the people who want to keep the sanctity of traditional marriage between a man and a woman. I am sure everyone in the United States would like to see less divorces, but making divorce illegal is impractical and not a realistic goal in terms of keeping the traditional marriage.
http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2009/12/protect-marriage-but-ban-divorce.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0306/p25s22-ussc.html
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