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

[Tom Hansen]

I did click into the site considerably further, Mr. Deleve.

The strategy of the Defense of Marriage Alliance (DOMA) would be very
effective in a perfect world where everything flows smoothly without any
glitches.

Suppose this initiative is passed into law:

What is to prevent DOMA from simply "closing shop"?

What guarantees are there that the Anderson ruling will be declared
unconstitutional as DOMA suggests?

Another scenario (kinda like the Swift-Boaters for Truth):  DOMA, in fact,
wants the initiative passed because they actually support it
whole-heartedly.  However, they realize that without sufficient support it
is dead in the water.  They fabricate a bogus agenda with a "stated" purpose
of getting the Anderson ruling declared unconstitutional.  I-957 passes.
DOMA disbands.

You are expecting things of which there are no guarantees.

I say, "KILL IT NOW."  Don't give this initiative any "legs" AT ALL.  

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho 


"If not us, who?
If not now, when?"

- Unknown

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Deleve [mailto:coolerfixer at adelphia.net] 
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 1:40 PM
To: Tom Hansen
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Washington Initiative I-957 (Defense of
MarriageInitiative)

Tom-

Click into the site a little further.

http://www.wa-doma.org/news/S20070125.aspx

The key sentence? "The time has come for these conservatives to be dosed 
with their own medicine"

I support this wholeheartedly!

Mike.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
To: "Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 12:43 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] Washington Initiative I-957 (Defense of 
MarriageInitiative)


> >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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