"If social conservatives really wanted to protect
marriage, the Marriage Protection Amendment would prohibit
divorce," says Pittsburgh Tribune-Review columnist Dimitri
Vassilaros in "Divorced
from Reality." Vassilaros asks if:
U.S. senators such as Pennsylvania's Rick Santorum and other so-called marriage defenders have the intestinal fortitude and the political backbone to truly protect marriage by spelling out a ban to its only threat, D-I-V-O-R-C-E (as Tammy Wynette would have called it).
And he notes:
Tony Perkins is president of the Family Research Council. The FRC claims it "champions marriage and family as the foundation of civilization, the seedbed of virtue, and the wellspring of society." It looked like the ideal organization to support a divorce prohibition so marriage finally can be protected properly. Looks are deceiving.
"Most conservatives do not see divorce under the purview of the federal government," Perkins said. Marriage is, but divorce isn't.
According to Vassilaros, "Only John Kerry could appreciate the
subtlety of that nuance."
(hat tip: Rick
Sincere)