Initiative 957: Marriages to be annulled if childless

Graduate Thinker Joined: Oct 24, 2005 Posts: 665

And the marriage debate may be heating up yet another notch.

Say what?! Initiative would require married couples to have kids

Quote:

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.

A new proposal would require married couples in Washington to have children within three years.

Initiative 957 was filed last month by 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 measure, 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.

Supporters must gather more than 224-thousand 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.

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:55 am

It's about time. Let's see the fundies put their signatures where their professed beliefs are. If not, then they're just cowards who lack the courage of their own convictions.

Just Arrived Joined: Jul 14, 2006 Posts: 7

That's hilarious.

I'm curious to know what sparked this angle of attack? Was the court ruling against same-sex marriages "justified" by the fact 2 men or women can't make a child?

Graduate Thinker Joined: May 18, 2006 Posts: 777

Got to love it when fundies own bull shit is heaved back on em!


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