DEFENDING EQUAL MARRIAGE

Ballot initiative would require married couples to "show proof of procreation"

The Washington Defense of Marriage Alliance seeks to defend equal marriage in this state by challenging the Washington Supreme Court’s ruling on Andersen v. King County.

This decision, given in July 2006, declared that a “legitimate state interest” allows the Legislature to limit marriage to those couples able to have and raise children together.

Because of this “legitimate state interest,” it is permissible to bar same-sex couples from legal marriage.

The way we are challenging Andersen is unusual: using the initiative, we are working to put the Court’s ruling into law. We will do this through three initiatives.

The first would make procreation a requirement for legal marriage.

The second would prohibit divorce or legal separation when there are children.

The third would make the act of having a child together the legal equivalent of a marriage ceremony.

... If passed by Washington voters, the Defense of Marriage Initiative would:
add the phrase, “who are capable of having children with one another” to the legal definition of marriage;

(1) require that couples married in Washington file proof of procreation within three years of the date of marriage or have their marriage automatically annulled;

(2) require that couples married out of state file proof of procreation within three years of the date of marriage or have their marriage classed as "unrecognized;" establish a process for filing proof of procreation; and make it a criminal act for people in an unrecognized marriage to receive marriage benefits.

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And while we're on the subject of babies....

Why do you suppose that baby animals look so much cuter than human babies?

Puppies, kittens, ducklings, and almost any young mammal or bird you can think of, have an irresistible charm to them.

Interestingly, when you listen to the cries from newly born animals, they usually make a cute or sad sound that makes you want to cuddle them and feel sorry for them. Birds chirp, kittens go, "mew-mew-mew," and dogs whimper (it just makes you want to go "ah").

But when a human baby cries, it doesn't inspire love or affection. Oh no, no, no. What you get from the infant's mouth part emerges a wail.

One would expect that evolution would select for quiet criers to prevent the young from getting eaten by predators. This seems the case for most animals, but when it comes to the human animal, this theory goes out the window.

By the way.........We have six billion people now.

(contents taken from "Ugly Little Crying Babies")

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