[Vision2020] WA Initiative 1-957 - DOMA

[Tom Hansen]

I assure you, Keely.  This is NOT a joke.

Here is a link to the I-957 PDF file from the state of Washington's
Secretary of State office.  It is virtually identical to the initiative
reflected at the DOMA site.

http://www.secstate.wa.gov/elections/initiatives/text/i957.pdf.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

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

- Unknown

-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of keely emerinemix
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 3:09 PM
To: megan at meganpru.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] WA Initiative 1-957 - DOMA

It IS a joke.  The intention was irony to make a larger point.  This is 
unlike much of what passes for politics in Idaho, where the intention is 
serious and only the result is groan-worthy.

keely



From: Megan Prusynski <megan at meganpru.com>
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] WA Initiative 1-957 - DOMA
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 14:21:05 -0800

Wow, I am shocked that something this backwards and discriminatory  would 
even be brought up these days... disgusting. It will never  pass, hopefully,

because that just sounds like fascism.

By that initiative, if I were to marry my boyfriend (assuming we  lived in 
WA), we'd have to have kids after 3 years or forfeit our  marriage?!? So the

state would be not only contributing to  overpopulation, but controlling 
people's lives. We're not sure I want  to have kids, and it sure as hell 
isn't gonna be within 3 years. That  is just ridiculous (almost makes me 
think it's a joke!)....

~megan

On Mar 2, 2007, at 1:33 PM, vision2020-request at moscow.com wrote:

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>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)
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>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.
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>Ellen A. Roskovich
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>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:
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>>http://www.wa-doma.org/
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>>"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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