Absolute, utter bullshit.
Jan. 19th, 2009 08:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
apocalypsosThe state of Michigan is giving a father a choice: pay the medical cost of his daughter's birth or marry the girl's mother.
This couple is already planning on getting married eventually but can't afford to now. Understandably, the woman wants to plan and choose her own wedding day, and who can blame her? However:
The Michigan Legislature amended the state's paternity act five years ago to waive birthing costs for a father, if he married the child's mother. A year later, Witt gave birth to JaeLyn. The state paid for the hospital costs because Witt was on Medicaid at the time and is now trying to recover the money.
Jack Battles, the Genesee County Friend of the Court, said the law is an incentive to maintain the sanctity of marriage.
FUCK THIS NOISE.
When you're forcing someone to get married, regardless of if they're planning to get married in the future, you don't give a shit about the sanctity of marriage. If you hold a gun to someone's head and say, "You can either pay this large medical bill on an $8-an-hour job or get hitched," you don't give a flying fuck about the sanctity of marriage. If you thought marriage was such a sacred fucking institution, you wouldn't treat the people who want to plan their own damn wedding and marriage in the future with such disrespect.
This couple is already planning on getting married eventually but can't afford to now. Understandably, the woman wants to plan and choose her own wedding day, and who can blame her? However:
The Michigan Legislature amended the state's paternity act five years ago to waive birthing costs for a father, if he married the child's mother. A year later, Witt gave birth to JaeLyn. The state paid for the hospital costs because Witt was on Medicaid at the time and is now trying to recover the money.
Jack Battles, the Genesee County Friend of the Court, said the law is an incentive to maintain the sanctity of marriage.
FUCK THIS NOISE.
When you're forcing someone to get married, regardless of if they're planning to get married in the future, you don't give a shit about the sanctity of marriage. If you hold a gun to someone's head and say, "You can either pay this large medical bill on an $8-an-hour job or get hitched," you don't give a flying fuck about the sanctity of marriage. If you thought marriage was such a sacred fucking institution, you wouldn't treat the people who want to plan their own damn wedding and marriage in the future with such disrespect.
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Date: 2009-01-19 09:42 pm (UTC)I just wanted to say that I'm from Flint. Apart from appalling marriage practices, all we're known for is Coney Dogs, crime, and being the city that Michael Moore pretends to be from.
Couldn't get the fuck out of there fast enough, thanks very much.