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.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
So in other words infertile people who are planning to adopt one or more of the many unwanted children out there shouldn't marry?
I have a friend who got married in 1992. She knew they wouldn't be able to have children biologically together as she had to have a hysterectomy at age 12.
They adopted one little girl from China and a little boy from Russia.
In this law they wouldn't be able to marry.
But 2 other couples I know who got married the month they did (Busy expensive month for me!) who had kids together the usual way divorced before their 3rd anniversary.
I guess a "woman's right to choose" is unimportant if it infringes on their agenda.
It has never been changed from a mental illness. The APA can vote it out of the DSM all day long, the reality is, every ounce of research showed before that day and since that day that without question by and large it IS a mental illness.... They can call it something else if they want, but doesn't change what it is.
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