Absolute, utter bullshit.

The 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.

Happy last day of Bush's presidency!

A few things --

1. I signed up for spn_j2_bigbang. As per usual, I'm writing RPS. Hopefully, I can finish on time this year.
2. I'm still working on GPW and my next novel idea. Both are coming along. Not quickly, but they're coming.
3. I am currently listening to the Renaissance music channel on AOL Radio. I'm definitely not intellectual enough for this.
4. I'm hungry. Somebody come to my house and make me a sammich.
5. I have to straighten up before my dad and the landlord show up tonight to swap out the dryers. Which they were supposed to do the other night and didn't, and now they're doing it tonight. Urgh.
6. I haven't showered yet. I should probably get on that.

EDIT: Special Ops: How to move two presidents in six hours. A few "make your own Bush joke here" quotes ...

-- Books on the Oval Office shelves will be changed per the new commander in chief ...
-- Following tradition, Bush is expected to leave a personal letter written to Obama.

There's also a comment at the end about how Bush doesn't want his staffers playing any practical jokes on the incoming administration because relations have been so cordial between them, which ... on one hand, that's a nice gesture, but on the other hand, I'm disappointed in Bush. If there's one thing you'd think he'd jump at the chance to do, it's play a practical joke on someone, and I'm pretty sure Obama could handle it.

Then again, Rahm IS the chief of staff. Bush would never see the retaliation coming. Heh.

Yuck.

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*dies giggling*

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