Rescue Marriage was given the green light to begin collecting the 694,000 signatures necessary to put a divorce ban on the 2010 California ballot.

“People who supported Prop 8 weren’t trying to take rights away from gays, they just wanted to protect traditional marriage,” John Marcotte, founder of Rescue Marriage, told Cockeyed.com. “That’s why I’m confident that they will support this initiative, even though this time it will be their rights that are diminished. To not support it would be hypocritical.”