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Group Behind Virginia Anti-Gay Amendment Now Targets Divorcing Straight Couples

January 6th, 2007 by Autumn Sandeen

Egads! Here’s some interesting “crap” from the fine state of Virginia (365Gay.com):

The organization that mounted the successful bid to amend Virginia’s constitution to block same-sex marriage, civil unions and domestic partner benefits says it will now concentrate on making it more difficult for straight couples to break up.

Voters approved the gay marriage ban in November. Now the Family Foundation of Virginia has begun a drive to end no-fault divorce in the state.

No-fault allows either partner in a marriage to get a divorce without specific grounds. That person can then apply for full custody rights over the couple’s children. It currently is available in most states.

The Family Foundation says it makes divorce too easy to get and disadvantages children. It is supporting a proposed bill that would require specific grounds – such adultery – for couples with minor children.

“Right now, one spouse can unilaterally end [a marriage], and not only is their spouse unable to stop the divorce, their abandonment does not preclude them from having custody of their child,” Victoria Cobb, president of the Family Foundation told a news conference this week.

She said that statistics have shown children suffer more from messy divorces than they do from unhappy parents.

Quoting Pam (of Pam’s House Blend) on this:

Jeezus these folks are out of control. But we’ve been saying that all along.

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