More horse manure in Wa. state
Wash. initiative requires married couples to have kids
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- An initiative filed by proponents of same-sex marriage would require heterosexual couples to have kids within three years or else have their marriage annulled.
Initiative 957 was filed by the Washington Defense of Marriage Alliance. That group was formed last summer after the state Supreme Court upheld Washington's ban on same-sex marriage.
Under the initiative, marriage would be limited to men and women who are able to have children. Couples would be required to prove they can have children in order to get a marriage license, and if they did not have children within three years, their marriage would be subject to annulment.
All other marriages would be defined as "unrecognized" and people in those marriages would be ineligible to receive any marriage benefits.
"For many years, social conservatives have claimed that marriage exists solely for the purpose of procreation ... The time has come for these conservatives to be dosed with their own medicine," said WA-DOMA organizer Gregory Gadow in a printed statement. "If same-sex couples should be barred from marriage because they can not have children together, it follows that all couples who cannot or will not have children together should equally be barred from marriage."
Supporters must gather more than 224,000 valid signatures by July 6 to put the initiative on the November ballot.
Opponents say the measure is another attack on traditional marriage, but supporters say the move is needed to have a discussion on the high court ruling.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. -- An initiative filed by proponents of same-sex marriage would require heterosexual couples to have kids within three years or else have their marriage annulled.
Initiative 957 was filed by the Washington Defense of Marriage Alliance. That group was formed last summer after the state Supreme Court upheld Washington's ban on same-sex marriage.
Under the initiative, marriage would be limited to men and women who are able to have children. Couples would be required to prove they can have children in order to get a marriage license, and if they did not have children within three years, their marriage would be subject to annulment.
All other marriages would be defined as "unrecognized" and people in those marriages would be ineligible to receive any marriage benefits.
"For many years, social conservatives have claimed that marriage exists solely for the purpose of procreation ... The time has come for these conservatives to be dosed with their own medicine," said WA-DOMA organizer Gregory Gadow in a printed statement. "If same-sex couples should be barred from marriage because they can not have children together, it follows that all couples who cannot or will not have children together should equally be barred from marriage."
Supporters must gather more than 224,000 valid signatures by July 6 to put the initiative on the November ballot.
Opponents say the measure is another attack on traditional marriage, but supporters say the move is needed to have a discussion on the high court ruling.
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SEE Calif Doesn't Have All the Wackos![:D] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by FrancF
SEE Calif Doesn't Have All the Wackos![:D]
Half of them moved to Seattle
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NO. A lot of them have moved here.
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This is, without a doubt, the dumbest thing I've ever heard...... 0 -
Consider the source of the Bill. 0 -
Gay in Seattle......Whoda thunk? 0 -
quote:Originally posted by MVP
quote:Originally posted by FrancF
SEE Calif Doesn't Have All the Wackos![:D]
Half of them moved to Seattle
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It's a Cancer and its spreading[V]0 -
I'm surprised we haven't seen this in Colorado Springs. 0 -
I say you should just shoot them all and start over again.[}:)]
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Now if I remember correctly messing up one of the signature sheets makes it invalad correct? If so I can find a way to mess as many up as I see. 0 -
Just when you thought they have came up with THE dumbest ideas, SURPRISE, they can get dumber. 0 -
What do you expect from a state where the governor wins the job while losing 2 of the 3 vote tallies- the one she won was the one where votes from people that died or had lost their voting rights (felons, etc) were counted. When that can be done successfully, you can expect anything. 0 -
Supporters must gather more than 224,000 valid signatures by July 6 to put the initiative on the November ballot.
Well lets see how successful they are with the vote if it gets on the ballott. I think those 224,000 signatures should be published in the newspapers along with home addresses.[;)]0 -
The queers will be lucky to get 500 signatures on this. 0 -
What a bunch of maroons! I hope they get 6 signatures on the stupid thing.[:(!][:(!] 0 -
Good strategy, that will get the general heterosexual populace to support their cause.[V] 0
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