Any doubts that Florida’s Amendment 2, which supposedly makes gay marriage more illegal than the laws already on the books by barring it in the state constitution, is not a home-grown effort are out the window now. Compare these two ads, one running in Florida and one in Arizona, and see what you think.

Florida:

Arizona:

James Dobson’s national Focus on the Family group is behind both ads, and both “movements.” The problem with these amendments is that they bar heterosexual domestic partnerships too, something Dobson doesn’t want you to know. After all, your grandma, or her best friend, might be holding off from marrying again because she and her partner will lose benefits.

The fact that consenting adults, straight or gay, are “living in sin” is what really bothers Dobson’s group. You see, that doesn’t suit his persnickety and judgmental ideas about the choices we should be allowed to make. That’s why, as soon as these domestic partnerships initiatives are on the books, the next target is divorce.

That’s right, Dobson is planning to go after “no-fault” divorce, and return us to the ’40s or ’50s or whenever it was that people in miserable relationships had to prove in court why they should be allowed to get out. It was bad back then and it would be worse now, but that’s the plan.

If you know anyone who falls for the line that all these initiatives address is gay marriage — and you or your friend or family member is O.K. with that — wise up and help spread the truth.