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Washington group to equal marriage opponents: "Oh, you'd like to be absurd? Let's be absurd!".
The short form is this: Up for consideration in the state of Washington, a bill that would include the concept of procreation in the state's definition of marriage, requiring couples to sign a statement that they know of no reason why they should not be able to have a child together, and requiring marriages to be dissolved within three years if the couple fails to produce a child. Later, the group will introduce other bills linking marriage only to reproduction and establishing it as being for no other purpose.
Their intent is to challenge a ruling in which the courts intimated that the state had a legitimate interest in legislating against same-sex couples marrying because marriage is inherently about procreation. They hope that the death of their bills will chip away at the ruling, and eventually remove this roadblock to same-sex marriage in Washington.
Washington group to equal marriage opponents: "Oh, you'd like to be absurd? Let's be absurd!".
The short form is this: Up for consideration in the state of Washington, a bill that would include the concept of procreation in the state's definition of marriage, requiring couples to sign a statement that they know of no reason why they should not be able to have a child together, and requiring marriages to be dissolved within three years if the couple fails to produce a child. Later, the group will introduce other bills linking marriage only to reproduction and establishing it as being for no other purpose.
Their intent is to challenge a ruling in which the courts intimated that the state had a legitimate interest in legislating against same-sex couples marrying because marriage is inherently about procreation. They hope that the death of their bills will chip away at the ruling, and eventually remove this roadblock to same-sex marriage in Washington.
