Posted on 02/07/2007 1:10:13 PM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist
Proponents of same-sex marriage have introduced an initiative that would put a whole new twist on traditional unions between men and women: It would require heterosexual couples to have kids within three years or else have their marriages annulled...
Initiative 957 was filed by the Washington Defense of Marriage Alliance, which was formed last summer after the State Supreme Court upheld Washington's ban on same-sex marriage. In that 5-4 ruling, the court found that state lawmakers were justified in passing the 1998 Defense of Marriage Act, which restricts marriage to unions between a man and a woman.
Under I-957, marriage would be limited to men and women who are able to have children. Couples would be required to prove they can have children to get a marriage license...
"Absurd? Very," the group says on its web site..."But there is a rational basis for this absurdity. By floating the initiatives, we hope to prompt discussion about"...the Supreme Court's ruling.
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If traditional marriage is redefined by socially liberal people, there will be a new definition of marriage.
Once it is redefined, it can be redefined again. I'm not saying that marriage would be redefined again, but it is very possible. I imagine if the idea of same-sex marriage were floated even in the 1960-70's people would be appalled. See how times change?
If marriage were re-defined, it would open the door to polygamy and plural marriages.
Homosexuals and lesbians could marry were marriage re-defined, but bisexuals - to an extent - could not.
I imagine that, sooner or later, they (at least some) would be screaming to be allowed the right marry the two people they love (both male and female).
Polygamists would be screaming for the right to legally marry were marriage re-defined. They already are, in fact. Gays certainly don't want to talk about that happening.
In the context of same-sex marriage, socially liberal people often bring up African-Americans not being allowed to marry whites (and vice versa) at one time. But that is comparing apples to oranges. One is born black. It is genetic. Homosexuals are not "born that way." Homosexuality is not genetic, and attempts to find a genetic link to homosexuality or a homosexual gene, have failed. The top minds on this say that there is no homosexual gene.
Additionally, socially liberal people often say that DOMA is a violation of either the 4 or 14th Amendment. But, if one looks closely at those two Amendments, DOMA does not violate them at all.
Socially liberal people often say that DOMA, or bans on same sex marriage, are 'tyranny of the majority'.
Wanting to re-define marriage (via the courts) to allow homosexuals to marry, plural marriages, or polygamy is tyranny of the minority then. They continue to try to ram this issue down our throats.
Why must gay activists, liberal Democrats, and socially liberal people be so divisive?
What say you to this?
Hey turd burglers......mandate THIS!!!
Anybody know where George Washington's marriage license is kept these days?
I've never had a man date.
Ain't these the guys who've been screaming for years to "Get Government Out Of The Bedroom!"?
The Left will never rest in their eternal mission to destroy bourgeois civilization and replace it with the totalitarian garrison state of their dreams. If they can wreck traditional marriage and family structures they will be 90% of the way home.
This is idiotic. It should be a story in "The Onion".
Simple Translation:
We're irrellevant, mentally ill folks... and since we can't get you to pander to our mental illness.. we will continue to attack your sensibilities simply because we can.
This is gonna go over real well with every decent American.
The left gets loonier all the time.
Christians know exactly what the Bible says about homosexuality, and that speaks for itself. But I have very strong personal feelings about this, too.
Yes, it disgusts me to see homo behavior between people. But this WA group enrages me. I'm in my late 40s, my wife is much younger. We've tried to have kids and have not been blessed so far.
My thought is that God is telling us that the time is not right. We are combining prayer with medical assistance to try and have our own baby.
My wife cries herself to sleep when she hears the "no" from the doctor or hits her cycle. That puts me in more pain than anything physically could.
For those folks to say that hetero marriage is only procreation is a greater insult than their behavior. I love my wife more than anything else in this world and will do everything for her with a smile and all my strength. Our marriage does not need sex, but it's a nice byproduct!
I can't see any purpose for homo behavior other than sex.
Think about it - it is meant to be absurd.
But he said he highly doubts any of the initiatives will pass, and that they are being done "in the spirit of political street theater."
I lift you and your beautiful wife up in prayer. The longing for a child is so visceral, so powerful...
I pray a child will be given you.
Truly, these "tolerant leftists" - who would brutalize childless couples simply because of the left's agenda to destroy marriage - are deserving of nothing but contempt.
That is all they will receive from me.
As someone else said, "The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name" has become "The Love That Won't Shut The Heck Up".
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