The Seattle Times: No-fault divorce the next battle?

If this doesn't shock moderate Bush voters back into reality then nothing will. The conservative right isn't satisfied to simply ban gay marriage; they are looking deeper at what they believe to be the larger problems with society, such as the reaffirmation of "lifetime fidelity," plague of "casual divorce" and acceptance of "deliberate childlessness". If those agendas don't tell you that this group is out of touch with modern society, then nothing will... particularly that last one! You've got to be riding on a damn literal translation of the bible to be spoutin' off against married couples choosing to be childless.

The Seattle Times: No-fault divorce the next battle? "NEW YORK--'Protection of marriage' is now the watchword for many activists fighting to prevent gays and lesbians from marrying. Some conservatives, however, say marriage in America began unraveling long before the latest gay-rights push and are pleading for a fresh, soul-searching look at the institution.
'When you talk about protecting marriage, you need to talk about divorce,' said Bryce Christensen, a Southern Utah University professor who writes frequently about family issues.
While Christensen doesn't oppose the campaign to enact state and federal bans on gay marriage, he worries it's distracting from immediate threats to marriage's place in society.
'If those initiatives are part of a broader effort to reaffirm lifetime fidelity in marriage, they're worthwhile,' he said. 'If they're isolated--if we don't address cohabitation and casual divorce and deliberate childlessness--then I think they're futile and will be brushed aside.' "

What thinking American can fail to draw the comparison between the Religious Right's agenda and the oppressive religious regimes that we are supposedly fighting against in the Middle East? Isn't controlling religious zealotry the cover story for our attempts to "democratize" the Islamic nations? How can we possibly be preaching tolerance of differing convictions abroad when we are hell-bent to eliminate just such tolerance here at home?