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Whew! I can laugh now. :-P
Feb. 9th, 2007 08:36 amFor about ten minutes this morning, a story I heard a blip of on CNN had me LIVID.
In Washington, a ballot initiative (#957) has been proposed that "would limit marriage in Washington to couples willing and able to have children. The measure would also dissolve the union of those who remain childless three years after marrying."
And then I looked up the story online, and it turns out it's basically a joke:
"Gregory Gadow, of the Washington Defense of Marriage Alliance, said the group hopes to make a point by parodying a state Supreme Court ruling last year that denied gays the right to marry because, among other reasons, such unions don't further the purpose of procreation."
So basically, they're trying to see if people get the hypocrisy of banning gay marriage for the sole reason that procreation is, well, not impossible, but certainly more difficult in the context of a gay union. It is clever, but part of me doesn't trust people enough to believe that they'd get the joke. Ya know?
Story here.
In Washington, a ballot initiative (#957) has been proposed that "would limit marriage in Washington to couples willing and able to have children. The measure would also dissolve the union of those who remain childless three years after marrying."
And then I looked up the story online, and it turns out it's basically a joke:
"Gregory Gadow, of the Washington Defense of Marriage Alliance, said the group hopes to make a point by parodying a state Supreme Court ruling last year that denied gays the right to marry because, among other reasons, such unions don't further the purpose of procreation."
So basically, they're trying to see if people get the hypocrisy of banning gay marriage for the sole reason that procreation is, well, not impossible, but certainly more difficult in the context of a gay union. It is clever, but part of me doesn't trust people enough to believe that they'd get the joke. Ya know?
Story here.
