Fail the STD test? Back into the dating pool for you!
Oklahoma is on
one crazy roll right now:
A controversial bill could require couples to prove they don't have certain diseases, including STD's before getting a marriage license. Under this new provision, if a person has a disease that can passed to another person, they basically won't be able to get married in Oklahoma.
So much for smaller government. Another example of wild overreach on behalf of Republican lawmakers at the state level. Attorney David Slane from Oklahoma City raises an important question–doesn't this violate HIPAA laws? The test results would have to be filed with the city clerk's office.
“This law says you shall file meaning that that contemplates that they're actually going to take a copy and file it there, and it's going to be a record in the court clerk's office,” Slane said.
And why would this bill be necessary? Proponents say people need to know!
“The way that the bill is written, that is correct,” Senator Kyle Loveless said. “We have to look at that as a society whether we want people who have communicable diseases, they need to know if they have it, and I think this is a mechanism to provide them to do that.”
Soooo, if someone fails the test, no marriage license and presumably send them back out into the dating pool? S.T.D. and all? Sounds about right, Oklahoma. Sounds about right.
And for what it's worth, S.T.D. rates are soaring in parts of Oklahoma. Maybe they'd be better off spending on education and prevention?
You can read Oklahoma's proposed crazy Bill 733 here.