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Your marriage is your kids - or not
From BoingBoing.net: The Washington Defense of Marriage Alliance is challenging a ridiculous court ruling in an unusual way - by supporting it.
The Washington Supreme Court rules out gay marriage because the state has an interest in limiting marriage to couples that can procreate. Now isn’t that an absurd thing to say? Lots of people get married and never have kids, and the state never punishes them. They don’t follow up on this political interest of theirs! Well, with the new initiatives proposed by the Washington Defense of Marriage Alliance, they will.
Specifically, they will annul any marriages that have not filed ‘proof of procreation’ within three years, declare unrecognized any out-of-state marriages that have not done the same, and they will make it a criminal act to receive marriage benefits in an unrecognized marriage. (Furthermore, divorce won’t be allowed. You got married for the kids, not each other– right?)
I think this initiative is a beautiful thing, because no sane person would vote for it. But they’ll have to discuss it… and what can they say about it that won’t sound like a defense of equal marriage? “Marriage isn’t just about having children”, “Marriage is about two people engaging in a commitment together and to each other”… oh really? Then what, exactly, is wrong with the gay couple next door getting married?
The Washington Supreme Court rules out gay marriage because the state has an interest in limiting marriage to couples that can procreate. Now isn’t that an absurd thing to say? Lots of people get married and never have kids, and the state never punishes them. They don’t follow up on this political interest of theirs! Well, with the new initiatives proposed by the Washington Defense of Marriage Alliance, they will.
Specifically, they will annul any marriages that have not filed ‘proof of procreation’ within three years, declare unrecognized any out-of-state marriages that have not done the same, and they will make it a criminal act to receive marriage benefits in an unrecognized marriage. (Furthermore, divorce won’t be allowed. You got married for the kids, not each other– right?)
I think this initiative is a beautiful thing, because no sane person would vote for it. But they’ll have to discuss it… and what can they say about it that won’t sound like a defense of equal marriage? “Marriage isn’t just about having children”, “Marriage is about two people engaging in a commitment together and to each other”… oh really? Then what, exactly, is wrong with the gay couple next door getting married?
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