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Associated Press Proponents of same-sex marriage in Washington state have introduced a ballot measure that would require heterosexual couples to have a child within three years or have their marriages annulled. The Washington Defense of Marriage Alliance acknowledged on it Web site that the initiative was 'absurd' but hoped the idea prompts 'discussion...' The measure would require couples to prove they can have children to get a marriage license. Couples who do not have children within three years could have their marriages annulled... ...The group said the proposal was aimed at 'social conservatives who have long screamed that marriage exists...

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...