thane February 14th, 2007
Amongst the many wonderful Valentines that were exchanges in and around our family today, the most memorable is probably the one that Henry, the neighbor boy, gave Tory. It is an 8.5×11 sheet of pink paper, with large hearts and paper doilies on it. On it, Henry wrote “I love you”. However, he wrote it “I llF U”. This would be cute, but unmemorable, except that the ll and the F were separated by nearly the entire sheet of paper, and placed next to the other letters. I immediately saw “I’ll F U”. Wendy’s comment was “Our family tends to start a little early.”
thane February 14th, 2007
I think this is awesome. If any of you think that this is a joke, then shame on you. This is a group of people telling the Christian right “Put your money where your mouth is.” Under this law, people who wait more than 3 yeas to have children, like Johanna and I, would have their marriages annulled. For those who don’t know the background, this is a direct response to this ruling (PDF) written by Justice Barbara Madsen about the states Defense of Marriage Act stating (page 6):
Under this standard, DOMA is constitutional because the legislature was entitled to believe that limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples furthers procreation, essential to survival of the human race, and furthers the well-being of children by encouraging families where children are reared in homes headed by the children’s biological parents. Allowing same-sex couples to marry does not, in the legislature’s view, further these purposes. Accordingly, there is no violation of the privileges and immunities clause.
Personally, I would have the law define a marriage as the birth of a child, causing the two people who made the child to be married. That is even more absurd, and even more in keeping with the Court’s ruling. I hope this passes.