I have always believed that the voters should decide major issues like same sex marriage and abortion rights. I have always remained middle of the road on those issues despite my personal opinions. Democracy is "We The People" decide.

The people are going to blow this one out of the water quickly.

I will campaign against this initiative with everything I have because some families are not ready for kids. Some cannot have kids like myself for instance. Others cannot afford to have kids. Some families already have kids. There are way too many loop holes in this initiative.

Most importantly the Government has no right to enforce on me to have kids. Whom ever thought up this initiative needs to go back and think about what they are proposing.

Mike

I-957: Married couples must have kids within three years

01:16 PM PST on Monday, February 5, 2007

Associated Press

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- An initiative filed by proponents of same-sex marriage would require heterosexual couples to have kids within three years or else have their marriage annulled.

Initiative 957 was filed last month by Washington Defense of Marriage Alliance. That group was formed last summer after the state Supreme Court upheld Washington's ban on same-sex marriage.

Under the measure, marriage would be limited to men and women who are able to have children. Couples would be required to prove they can have children in order to get a marriage license, and if they did not have children within three years, their marriage would be subject to annulment.

All other marriages would be defined as "unrecognized" and people in those marriages would be ineligible to receive any marriage benefits.

Supporters must gather more than 224-thousand valid signatures by July 6 to put the initiative on the November ballot.

Opponents say the measure is another attack on traditional marriage, but supporters say the move is needed to have a discussion on the high court ruling.