9
Feb 2007

Your Papers Please

Today I think I found the most absurd piece of potential legislation. At first I laughed, but then I realized that for some people it wasn't a joke. What am I talking about? Washington state initiative 957 - the Defense of Marriage Initiative.

I can't even begin to describe it, you just need to read it for yourself.

The Washington Defence of Marriage Alliance is putting this initiative forward to help the cause of equal marriage. Their plan is to put forward this legislation, see it get passed, and then get it deemed as unconstitutional, hoping it will take prior decisions and laws down with it when it falls. The idea is simply ingenious.

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