[Vision2020] Washington Initiative I-957 (Defense of Marriage Initiative)

[Tom Hansen]

>From the Defense of Marriage Alliance website at:

http://www.wa-doma.org/

"If passed by Washington voters, the Defense of Marriage Initiative (WA
I-957) would:

- add the phrase, 'who are capable of having children with one another' to
the legal definition of marriage; 

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

- 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."

This initiative, as supported by the Defense of Marriage Alliance, is
available for downloading and review at:

http://www.wa-doma.org/Initiative.aspx

Although the unwritten purpose of this initiative may be clearly understood
(the denial of same-sex marriages/unions), its passage would further
prohibit the marriage of ANY couple that is not capable of procreating:  the
elderly, cancer survivors, women who have undergone hysterectomies, men who
have undergone vasectomies, etc. etc.

Your thoughts, Vision 2020?

Tom "Straight But Not Narrow" Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in
that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity,
their dignity and personhood,"

- Coretta Scott King (March 30, 1998)