July 23, 2007
Radical Righties Finally Getting That “Log in Thine Own Eye Thing”
Family Foundation Hopes to Reduce Divorce in Virginia
The conservative advocacy group Family Foundation wants to see a drop in the state’s divorce rate. The group that lead the push to ban same-sex marriage in Virginia has formed a commission that will recommend public policies that could preserve traditional marriages.
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The panel will not try to curb all divorce, [Victoria Cobb, the foundation’s executive director] said. “There’s no question that some people are going to get divorced, no matter what,” she said. “But the law can provide speed bumps.”
In 2004 there were 3.7 divorces per 1,000 people nationally and 7.8 marriages per 1,000, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. That year in Virginia, there were 3.9 divorces per 1,000 people and 8.3 marriages per 1,000. “Everyone agrees there is a problem, and no one is attempting to solve it,” said Cobb, who was frustrated by the legislature’s failure this year to pass any of a half-dozen bills on marriage and divorce, including one promoted by her group.
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Cobb said she agreed with one point made by [opponents of the state’s constitutional same-sex marriage ban]: “Considering the high rate of divorce, heterosexuals haven’t done a very good job with marriage.” …
Not that it’s going to do a lot of good, for anyone. But if these gay-bashers actually succeed in getting any “speed bumps” to divorce in place, it will be enjoyable to sit back and watch Virginia’s straight population go ballistic for a change. Let ‘em see how it feels.
Filed under: Heterosexuality, Marriage Equality, Radical Religious Right
