machine_dove: (Doesn't look good - Superman)
posted by [personal profile] machine_dove at 07:46am on 25/05/2006
Courtesy of [livejournal.com profile] mcfinnigan, something else to set me off first thing in the morning:

Marry or get out, US town tells unwed parents

By Jocelyne Zablit

Washington - A small American town is facing accusations of seeking to drive unmarried couples with children out of town on grounds they do not fit the local definition of a family.

The brewing controversy in Black Jack, a town of 6 800 in the central state of Missouri, began unfolding earlier this year when Olivia Shelltrack and Fondray Loving were denied an occupancy permit after moving into a four-bedroom house they had purchased.

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Can't we at least pretend to still respect individual freedoms? And I can only assume that this isn't a college town. It burns...

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