This is hilarious, it's also for real. Activists in California are taking the Prop 8 stupidity to its very logical conclusion: ban divorce in California for everybody. Want defense of marriage? Sign here.

NPR:

Marcotte needs 694,354 valid signatures by March 22, a high hurdle in a state where the typical petition drive costs millions of dollars. Even if his proposed constitutional amendment made next year's ballot, it's not clear how voters would react.

Nationwide, about half of all marriages end in divorce.

Not surprisingly, Marcotte's campaign to make divorce in California illegal has divided those involved in last year's campaign for and against Proposition 8.

As much as everyone would like to see fewer divorces, making it illegal would be "impractical," said Ron Prentice, the executive director of the California Family Council who led a coalition of religious and conservative groups to qualify Proposition 8.

But it's so very practical to keep marriage illegal for gays and lesbians. What a crock.

The Orstrahyun: Murdoch warns Aussies about becoming too "anti-American (does he really mean anti-Bush?) Pretty amazing stuff, and stunningly hypocritcal, even for Rupert.

earthfamilyalpha: Only after the last creature has been consumed, will it dawn on ill-informed skeptics that you can't eat money

Weazl's Revenge: Nothing to see here? Not for our inept press corpse. Not much about this, either...but they will tell you all about this

Shakespeare's Sister: "Go to a proper University"

Boregasm: Epilogue on the meddlesome millionaire, Howie Rich, who financed and promoted wingnut ballot initiatives in 14 states. A Crook?...probably. A Liar?...fo' sho'

Crazy Little Thing Called Blog: Hitchins Hearts Borat

On Friday, September 22, 2006 on PBS (check local listings for times), NOW will be covering items of critical importance to the upcoming elections. In the voting booth this fall, voters in states across the country will find ballot initiatives with titles like "Taxpayers' Bill of Rights" and "SOS - Stop Over Spending."

The aim is to slash state spending, including deep cuts in health care, education, and other social services. But are these local initiatives really "home" grown? NOW investigates how one wealthy New Yorker is secretly providing major funding for these and other ballot measures way outside his neighborhood, in states across the country. NOW also takes a look at the questionable tactics used to put these issues on your ballot.

Starting this Friday, the NOW website at www.pbs.org/now will feature a state-by-state tool that will allow users to see the ballot initiatives they'll be facing in November and check how their states score on a campaign finance report card.