STATE LAW TO BE FORCES STRAIGHT MARRIED TO HAVE KIDS

Now, this is HILARIOUS!! I always thought Republicans were supposed to be for less government--not more. Here we have a state government trying to pass a law that forces straight couples to have kids within three years of the ceremony or their marriage will be annulled. Like I said: HILARIOUS. Don't believe me? Check out the following cutting from [http://www.nwcn.com/statenews/washington/stories/NW_020507WABinitiative957SW.546c6a4d.html|a February 5, 2007 article] at NWCN.com:

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.

My good pal Jen is probably fuming as she reads this and I don't blame her! This is more big brother crap--government (or anything) telling us how to live i bad enough, but forcing us? Now straights can't enjoy the marriage bond either--unless they're capable of having kids and want them in the first place. Supports of this wannabe-law will have to gather signatures from over 200,000 morons like minded individuals and that's just to get it on the November 2007 ballot. Then, even if there are enough big-brotherians in Washington state to pass this psycho law, it can still be challenged as unConstitutional. Still, the point here is that there are people in government and/or public life that would even consider a law like this as a good idea. FREEDOM--look it up, people. One person forcing another person to live a certain way, do a certain thing, or think a certain way in order for something else to happen is generally wrong. Marriage is something that's part of our culture. I did it, my parents did it (more than once!) and even gays want to do it. Why do we need to slam down new restrictions and qualifications on it? Marriage should be between two people who love each other--PERIOD. Does it really matter how many penises (peni?) are involved? Does it matter if children are produced if the couple really loves one another? Actually, you know what? I hope this law does pass--because it will serve as the single most effective blow to marriage. I have nothing against marriage beyond the fact that it's kind of a joke of an institution to begin with. Isn't it still true that half of them end in divorce? Also, I don't believe the government should have anything to do with marriages. Marriages are spiritual bonds between couples. Why should the government sanction said love? Marriage is already such a big brother prospect, why not just push it over the top and give us a real reason to reform it?

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