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John Marcotte is a firm believer in traditional family values. He currently opposes government-funded death panels, Obama talking to children and MSNBC's entire prime-time line-up. 
“John Marcotte is a firm believer in traditional family values. He currently opposes gay marriage, Obama talking to children and MSNBC’s entire prime-time line-up.”
In other words, John is a judgemental idiot whose views are straight out of the dark ages.
I only take issue with your use of the word “idiot”, Anja. There is nothing wrong about being judgmental or having values from the “Dark Ages”. The Middle Ages represented the height of Christendom in Europe, when scientific inventions into weapons and tools of torture reached their peak. The flourishing of Christian culture reigned until the Great Decline (the Renaissance) brought that to an ignominious end.
Anja –
Check out the definitions of “irony” and “sarcasm”. This might help you understand what is going on here!
Anja – you do know that this whole thing is a satire? Yes?
Correction Anja: He actually supports gay marriage.
Sad thing here is that there are couple who literally take the “till death do us part” seriously. In the past few years, there’s been an upswing on family murder/suicides…with innocent relatives and children being caught in the crossfire! Maybe if the couple had gotten a civilized divorced, that wouldn’t have happened
There’s nothing civilized about divorce! It tears apart families and breaks bonds. Spend some money on a therapist or go seek counseling from your local priest if the marriage is bad. Divorce is legal now, and if folks are turning to those alternatives, they have other issues. It’s about saving the children. Marriage is about sacrifice, and if you love somebody so very much, you’ll sacrifice your life for them…or they’ll just take it, but, bu no means should you divorce!
I am divorced, Lisa and it was VERY civil. Childhood sweetheart didn’t want a marriage and left. There was a divorce. You can’t heal an amputated leg and a missing husband is just that. Don’t judge the world by your small life experience. It is too vast for that. –I am remarried and my son is happier for living in a house with 2 people who care for and respect one another.
Sabrina, I think that has more to do with the economy than divorce, if you look at a lot of those murder/suicides, I’m pretty sure that the murderer has lost their livelihood, it’s one of the consequences of a falling economy, that’s one of the reasons they call it depression, it has a lot to do with peoples’ emotional status
I am starting to think that Joe the Plumber is actually John the author…
No. I do not have the kind of free time that Joe appears to have. Plus, I’m funnier. (No offense, Joe.)
Go, John, go!
Wait… so everyone was all for protecting traditional marriage but even the suggestion of banning divorce and suddenly everyone wants to protect that instead?! Suddenly the sacred institution is full of abusers and wife killers and we need to protect your right to marry the wrong person for the wrong reasons and back out of the vow you made before God? So is it a sacred institution or not? Pick a side people. I meant it when I said till death do us part. AND I believe in Gay marriage. So ban divorce. It won’t change my life any. If your so worried about being stuck in a terrible marriage here’s an idea…. UMMM… put more thought into who you marry. No… that’s a stupid idea. It will never work.
I put a lot of thought into who I married. We both had good careers and were doing well, until I changed jobs and started getting a little more recognition for my job that he was for his. Not much more, just a little. First it was just a slap on the face. Then a punch, then a harder punch that sent me through a glass-topped table. Followed by a few face grinds into the brick front of the house. Let’s see, a couple of broken arms, the time he strangled me, oh yeah, let’s not forget the time he knocked the oldest boy down the half landing and dislocated his knee. Finally, one of the trips down the stairs resulted in a broken back. So much for my career, so much for my life as I knew it. So here I sit, literally! scarred, broken, lost the career that I loved and know what happened to him? NOTHING!!! He sailed on with his career and retired with second highest ranking after 25 years! But, under your law, I would not have been able to divorce him, not even to save my life! You see, he was such a smooth talker and knew every one on the Force. So, I could never get him arrested – it was always my fault. I live somewhere else now. While I admire what is behind what you are doing. I pray that for the safety of all women (and men) it does not pass! People do not start out that way (normally) he didn’t. He was kind and gentle and sweet, and I loved him with all my heart. Something, I’m not completely sure what, turned him into Mr. Hyde. Good intentions can have TERRIBLE results. And this is one of them. Even the Church recognizes that! Be careful what you ask for — you may get it.
KotaKat,
While I sympathize with your situation, you do realize that this website is completely sarcastic right? It’s meant to make the point that if certain groups were really concerned with maintaining “the sanctity of marriage”, then a ban on divorce should be supported under the same rationalization that they have used to ban gay marriage. This has nothing to do with banning divorce.
I say again, in the interest of protecting the sanctity of marriage that you shouldn’t get to sully the good name of my marriage by getting a divorce just because you chose the wrong person. Those of you who get divorced make me look bad. That my commitment to my husband isn’t taken seriously because everyone knows that statistically there is a 50%chance we’ll get divorced. It’s the fault of people getting divorced.
So everyone who was whining about gay marriage attacking traditional marriage, everyone who was whining about needing to protect traditional marriage should be on board with banning divorce. Put your money where your mouth is.
Why is your bad marriage my problem? I guess you should have “chosen a different lifestyle” for yourself. Suddenly all these people are making marriage sound like a pretty horrible institution… why were you all so quick to “protect” it from gays?
And the website may be sarcastic… but that doesn’t make it a bad idea!
Please let this pass!
Hopefully California will pass it, then the rest of the Country will follow.
Ban Divorce! You stopped Gay Marriage, now let’s get this going!
I looked at buying a t shirt but there are no white ones, and the prices are pretty steep.
I looked at adding a banner to my website, but the image is not there, and the html is messed up.
I do love your cause though. Good luck.
lets all fund the overturn of proposition 8 so we can say we are pro equal rights, Do it for all those children of gay couples….
After working up a dither on the ban divorce idea I decided to find out what’s going on and so happy to find your website! I’m straight and happily divorced, married the jerk and 6 years later I couldn’t take the abuse and misery anymore. I too believe if those folks who want so desperately to preserve the sanctity of marriage and decide who gets married, they should be chained together forever.
Brilliant!
Wow. Are we going to have to start labeling ideas as “satire” or “comedy” so some people get it?
Do you really need to talk on about your own personal story and how offended you are by the idea of banning divorce? Of course, there are many abused spouses. Seen it in my own life as a child. Relax, divorce will not be banned if put to a vote. That would be taking away our rights.
Christians, especially, would not allow it. I know more “born agains” that have been married and divorced once, twice, even three times! Me? I am an agnostic, married more than 30 years. I even have two grown children (unmarried) and no grandchildren (read unwed parents). How did that happen? Good job John!!!