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Wingers Propose Florida 'Pre Marital Preparation' Bill
Posted: 04 Apr 2009 09:52 AM PDT
Friends like this you do not need. An attorney who heads the
conservative Florida Family Council, and who co-authored the successful
Amendment 2 anti-gay marriage initiative, is taking his stance on 'traditional
marriage between a man and a woman' one step further.
conservative Florida Family Council, and who co-authored the successful
Amendment 2 anti-gay marriage initiative, is taking his stance on 'traditional
marriage between a man and a woman' one step further.
John Stemberger is now calling for more government
involvement in heterosexual marriage, this time proposing higher marriage
license fees, state-mandated premarital counseling, and more obstacles for
heterosexual married couples seeking divorce.
“Basically, when we succeeded with Amendment 2,”
Stemberger told the Orlando Sentinel, “we asked ourselves: What do we want to do
next? We wanted to do something big.” Stemberger’s “Strong Marriages Campaign”
is promoting what they call a “Premarital Preparation Bill” before the State
Legislature.
The bill already has several sponsors, and Stemberger is
pushing for an additional $100 marriage fee to be charged to couples unless they
first complete eight hours of state-mandated premarital counseling. No word yet
on whether you have to check with Stemberger on when to go shopping, when you
are allowed to have sex, and which movies you can send your kids to.
The good thing about losing to bad people is that
eventually they push so far they inevitably go off the deep end. This is one of
those stories.
