The Washington State Supreme Court recently decided to uphold a 1998 law that banned gay marriage, overruling two lower courts that said it violated the state's Equal Rights Amendment. Justice James Johnson wrote that the legislature had "a compelling governmental interest in preserving the institution of marriage, as well as the healthy families and children it promotes. This conclusion may not be changed by mere passage of time or currents of public favor and surely not changed by courts."
Absolutely, healthy children are good.
Obvious issues concerning equal rights aside for the moment, why not take this "healthy families, healthy children idea" further. We have a responsibility to the next generation.
First, ban divorce. It tears families apart and leaves children to be switched back and forth between parents. It's not Christian, and it's not healthy.
Bring inmates home. Who cares if they're violent criminals. Kids should not be brought up with a single parent. (Note, many states really do have irrational sentencing procedures, especially in relation to drugs, such as Michigan and New York, which often result in inmates being housed six hours by car away from their carless family. It really is bad, and it needs to be fixed.)
Bring soldiers home before they die. Growing up knowing your mom or dad died in a war fought for reasons the president appears unsure of is bad for kids, and does not encourage patriotism. Wars should be ended and soldiers brought home to help raise their kids. (Note, wars really are bad, and the president really does like to change his mind a lot about why we're in Iraq.)
These are measures that need to be taken immediately, because kids grow up fast. We don't want kids growing up with parents in Afghanistan or prison, or with divorced parents, or, worse still, parents with the same kind of gametes.
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