Posted on 01/22/2014 4:42:05 PM PST by kingattax
A California group has proposed a ballot initiative in Colorado that would require couples who want to get married to take mandatory pre-marriage education classes.
The Colorado Marriage Education Act would require potential spouses to complete 10 hours of pre-wedding marriage education. Twenty hours would be required for second marriages and 30 hours for third marriages, KDVR.com reported Monday.
A re-marrying widow would be be treated as a first-timer under the proposal, which would not apply to civil unions, according to The Denver Post.
David Schel and Sharon Tekolian of California-based Kids Against Divorce told the newspaper the intended purpose of the act is to "better prepare individuals going into marriage to fulfill their new roles as spouse and potentially as parent, to furthermore protect children given that marriage is the foundation of a family unit."
The group, which is dedicated to supporting children of divorce, will need to gather 86,105 valid signatures by Aug. 4 to put the initiative on the November ballot. The organization plans to propose similar bills across the country, according to The Denver Post.
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“Happy wife, happy life.”
Anything to put another road-block to marriage up.
I see some kind of Stalinist agenda here. Forced education? In what? Left wing childrearing techniques?
You wanna protect kids, how about tackling no-fault divorce?
Who is going to give these classes? The government? They tried that in Texas when W was gov. The government has no business giving classes on marriage. Ever.Less government is the best government.
So the State government replaces parents and local churches. Our republic is lost.
But no pre-canibis classes would be required before using marijuana.
There is no penalty for being married without a state license, so why get one?
We had to get counseling before getting married in an Episcopal Church in Grand Teton National Park. They let us go on the second session because we were one of the few couples that showed respect for our parents, which I guess is a sign of maturity or something.
Holding my breath... it’s why my eyes are popped out and on the coffee table...
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