Idea Would Require Couples to Have Kids<\/b><\/p>\n
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Proponents of same-sex marriage have introduced a ballot measure that would require heterosexual couples to have a child within three years or have their marriages annulled.<\/p>\n
The Washington Defense of Marriage Alliance acknowledged on its Web site that the initiative was “absurd” but hoped the idea prompts “discussion about the many misguided assumptions” underlying a state Supreme Court ruling that upheld a ban on same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n
The measure would require couples to prove they can have children to get a marriage license. Couples who do not have children within three years could have their marriages annulled.<\/p>\n
All other marriages would be defined as “unrecognized,” making those couples ineligible for marriage benefits.<\/p>\n
The paperwork for the measure was submitted last month. Supporters must gather at least 224,800 signatures by July 6 to put it on the November ballot.<\/p>\n
The group said the proposal was aimed at “social conservatives who have long screamed that marriage exists for the sole purpose of procreation.”<\/p>\n
Cheryl Haskins, executive director of Allies for Marriage and Children, said opponents of same-sex marriage want only to preserve marriage as the union of a man and a woman.<\/p>\n
“Some of those unions produce children and some of them don't,” she said. <\/p>\n
Ok, so even they<\/b> admit the concept is idiotic, but they still want to go through the motions. That's just… <head goes boom>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Idea Would Require Couples to Have Kids OLYMPIA, Wash. — Proponents of same-sex marriage have introduced a ballot measure that would require heterosexual couples to have a child within three years or have their marriages annulled. The Washington Defense of Marriage Alliance acknowledged on its Web site that the initiative was “absurd” but hoped the…<\/p>\n