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First, 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?

Date: 2005-01-08 02:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rkda.livejournal.com
...Virginia already has a law that bans "any contract or arrangement" between same-sex couples...

So you are telling me that in Virginia that a man can not legally hire a male gardner? Or butler? Those would be contractual arrangements between two people of the same gender. I wonder if the law really is written that poorly? Might be able to have some fun there if it is. *evil grin*

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