Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Initiative 957

Have you heard about initiative 957 in Washington? This article explains it pretty well:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003558717_nokids06m.html

At first I thought, "Whose crazy idea is it to make it a law that you must have children after 3 years of marriage or your marriage would no longer be valid?" Then I looked into it and realized that they aren't as serious about the initiative being passed as they are serious about proving a point. They are trying to prove that a court ruling saying homosexual couples could not be married because they are unable to procreate. Therefore they are saying that procreation is the only reason for a marriage and therefore anyone not having children within 3 years of marriage, would no longer be married. Who decided on three years? I guess its because, as if the initiative isn't crazy enough, 3 years is even more of a crazy statement. Based on this initiative, our almost 5 year marriage would be invalid. Crazy!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

As would our almost 6 years. -Brian