Children the point of marriage?
Washington initiative would require kids for marriage
A new Initiative in the works will ask whether or not children are the point of marriage?
Last summer (in Washington state), the courts ruled that Washington's Defense of Marriage Act -- which prevents gays and lesbians from marrying -- was legal because the state has a legitimate interest in "preserving marriage for procreation." So a gay rights group has taken that one step further creating Initiative 957, stating that if you believe the legality of the D.o.M.A. for that reason, then in fact, having kids is a requirement for marriage. If the initiative makes it on the ballot and becomes law, it would limit marriage to couples who are able and planning to have children. If no children were produced within three years, the marriage would be annulled.
Obviously their main goal is not for the Initiative to pass, but to make the point that Washington's reasoning is completely flawed in this day and age (especially since homosexual couples often do have children)! I love it... either marriage is about children (in which case you shouldn't be allowed to marry if you can't or won't have any) or it isn't just about kids, but about something more then that, of which children are only one part (in which case gays and lesbians should be able to marry).
What do you think?
A new Initiative in the works will ask whether or not children are the point of marriage?
Last summer (in Washington state), the courts ruled that Washington's Defense of Marriage Act -- which prevents gays and lesbians from marrying -- was legal because the state has a legitimate interest in "preserving marriage for procreation." So a gay rights group has taken that one step further creating Initiative 957, stating that if you believe the legality of the D.o.M.A. for that reason, then in fact, having kids is a requirement for marriage. If the initiative makes it on the ballot and becomes law, it would limit marriage to couples who are able and planning to have children. If no children were produced within three years, the marriage would be annulled.
Obviously their main goal is not for the Initiative to pass, but to make the point that Washington's reasoning is completely flawed in this day and age (especially since homosexual couples often do have children)! I love it... either marriage is about children (in which case you shouldn't be allowed to marry if you can't or won't have any) or it isn't just about kids, but about something more then that, of which children are only one part (in which case gays and lesbians should be able to marry).
What do you think?
posted by Meegs | 9:54 AM
2 Comments:
A brilliant way of making a point that most of us didn't have to be convinced of in the first place. I love it.
This is great! It is still hard for me to fathom that we need to even have this discussion ...
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