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

[Scott Dredge]

The purpose of this is to highlight the discrimination that so-called pro family groups engaged in when they use this same type of argument against same-sex marriage.

-Scott

----- Original Message ----
From: Ellen Roskovich <gussie443 at hotmail.com>
To: thansen at moscow.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
Sent: Friday, March 2, 2007 1:10:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Washington Initiative I-957 (Defense of MarriageInitiative)


It will never fly.  It is discrimination pure and simple and is offensive to so many different groups.  What a waste of time and effort when there are so many really important issues to be considered.

Ellen A. Roskovich










From:  "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
To:  "Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Subject:  [Vision2020] Washington Initiative I-957 (Defense of MarriageInitiative)
Date:  Fri, 2 Mar 2007 12:43:49 -0800
> >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)
>
>
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