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http://www.kndo.com/Global/story.asp?S=6026820&nav=menu484_2_8

The Washington Supreme Court ruled that the state could prevent gay and lesbian couples from marrying because the state has a legitimate interest in preserving marriage for procreation.

The Washington Defense of Marriage Alliance then filed the initiative.

I-957 has five clauses that would have to be met for a legal marriage.

It would allow only couples capable of having kids to marry, and that they file “proof of procreation” within three years of the marriage. If not, the marriage would be annulled.

I’m with you so far. That sounds like a good idea: If THE STATE claims marraige is the sacred and holy repository of procreation, then force the issue and make it the law. Why not, right? THE STATE has ruled, so let it be written, so let it be done…

Many people think the law is over the top.

Leaders at a Kennewick church with gay and lesbian members feel the same.

“There are many marriages that are not about having children. There are many couples who marry later in life, they marry for companionship, they marry because they want to create a family,” said the Reverend Janet Pierce.

“They don’t necessarily marry to have children,” Pierce said.

I-957 would also force couples who married out of state to show the same proof of procreation or their marriage wouldn’t be recognized, and it would become a criminal act for anyone in an unrecognized marriage to get marriage benefits.

Oh…wait…marriages that are not about the act of procreation, of having children?  To marry for companionship?  Hey…shit…that sounds familiar…that sorta sounds like gay marriage!

So, lets break this down,  Washington Supreme Court…what you are REALLY interested in is denying a subset of the population basic human rights (rights to life and liberty, freedom of thought and expression , equality before the law…UNLESS YOU ARE GAY, THEN FUCK YOU YOU CAN’T GET MARRIED) afforded to anyone else without a second thought.  Or else you would have enacted a forced procreation clause attached to marriage certification a long time ago, huh?  Why stop at sexual preference and reproductive ability, why not just add intelligence, racial background and hair/eye color to the mix as well?  To cap it off, might as well make it illegal for people to procreate outside of wedlock…Hitler, here we come!