Has Virginia been taken over by loons?
Jan. 7th, 2005 12:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfsFirst, I read that Virginia is considering a bill that would create a new personalized license plate with the phrase "traditional marriage" and a pair of interlocked gold wedding bands on the plate. Virginia already has a law that bans "any contract or arrangement" between same-sex couples, and is considering writing the ban into the constitution.
In the same week, a bill entered the legislature making it a crime, punishable by up to a year in prison or a $2500 fine, if a woman has a miscarriage and fails to inform the police within 12 hours. Everyone got that? As PZ Meyers puts it: "Failure to carry a fetus to term, for whatever reason, is a crime, and must be reported to the appropriate authorities within 12 hours, or you can be sent to jail for up to a year or fined $2500. You may be crying your eyes out at an unwanted miscarriage, but you will pick your butt up and turn yourself in to the police immediately. You are a bad person."
Ick
For a giggle, though, you think the editors were having a bit of fun with this headline?
In the same week, a bill entered the legislature making it a crime, punishable by up to a year in prison or a $2500 fine, if a woman has a miscarriage and fails to inform the police within 12 hours. Everyone got that? As PZ Meyers puts it: "Failure to carry a fetus to term, for whatever reason, is a crime, and must be reported to the appropriate authorities within 12 hours, or you can be sent to jail for up to a year or fined $2500. You may be crying your eyes out at an unwanted miscarriage, but you will pick your butt up and turn yourself in to the police immediately. You are a bad person."
Ick
For a giggle, though, you think the editors were having a bit of fun with this headline?
