(2009/10/24) Still legally treated as second-class citizens (MP3)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
4.5 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2009
⏱️ 65 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by the members and donors of the Best of the Left podcast. |
| 0:04.4 | For information, go to the membership tab at BestofLeft.com. |
| 0:08.2 | Now, welcome to the Best of the Left podcast with coach today from the California Marriage Protection Act, |
| 0:13.4 | the Rachel Maddo Show, the Colbert Report, Countdown, the Daily Show, the Mother Jones Podcast, and the Moth Podcast. |
| 0:31.0 | Right now, traditional marriage is under attack. |
| 0:36.0 | An epidemic is sweeping our nation, and you have the power to help. |
| 0:41.0 | Every divorce starts with the death of a traditional marriage. |
| 0:45.0 | Right now, anyone who legally gets married can also legally get divorced. |
| 0:50.0 | The 2010 California Marriage Protection Act will make it illegal to get divorced in the state of California. |
| 0:57.0 | Divorce has been illegal for 99% of human history. |
| 1:01.0 | If it's not broken, don't fix it. |
| 1:04.0 | I got divorced. |
| 1:05.0 | And now I have to live with that horrible sense of liberation for the rest of my life. |
| 1:09.0 | My kids are being taught in school that divorce is all right. |
| 1:15.0 | It's true. I learned that. |
| 1:17.0 | Parents should be teaching their kids things, not schools. |
| 1:20.0 | Divorce costs hard-working Californians $4.8 billion every year. |
| 1:26.0 | They say no to wasteful government spending by saying yes to no divorce. |
| 1:31.0 | Vote yes, because marriage isn't a right. It's a responsibility. |
| 1:44.0 | I'm married in the state. |
| 1:46.0 | Tell me where, tell me where. |
| 1:48.0 | I guess the stone of buildings will be found. |
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