This is either a throwaway story for the late-night comedians or a scary harbinger of the Theocratic Rule to come.
Town won't let unmarried parents live together
(CNN)
BLACK JACK, Missouri (AP) -- The City Council has rejected a measure allowing unmarried couples with multiple children to live together, and the mayor said those who fall into that category could soon face eviction.
Olivia Shelltrack and Fondrey Loving were denied an occupancy permit after moving into a home in this St. Louis suburb because they have three children and are not married.
The town's Planning and Zoning Commission proposed a change in the law, but the measure was rejected Tuesday by the City Council in a 5-3 vote.
"I'm just shocked," Shelltrack said. "I really thought this would all be over, and we could go on with our lives."
The current ordinance prohibits more than three people from living together unless they are related by "blood, marriage or adoption." The defeated measure would have changed the definition of a family to include unmarried couples with two or more children.
Mayor Norman McCourt declined to be interviewed but said in a statement that those who do not meet the town's definition of family could soon face eviction.
Black Jack's special counsel, Sheldon Stock, declined to say whether the city will seek to remove Loving and Shelltrack from their home.
Un-buh-FUCKIN-leevable.
Never mind that both of the adults do share blood with the children
Of course, this kind of ordinance helps guard against illegal immigrants as well.
However, this could be a blessing in disguise.
41% of unmarried partner households have children under 18 living in them.
- U.S. Census Bureau, America's Families and Living Arrangements 2000
33% of all births are to unmarried women.
- National Center for Health Statistics, 2000 data (report released 2002)
41% of first births to unmarried women are actually babies born to cohabiting couples, not "single" women.
- Bumpass, Larry and Lu, Hsien-Hen(2000). "Trends in Cohabitation and Implications for Children's Family Contexts in the United States." Population Studies, 54: 29-41.
About two-fifths of children are expected to live in a cohabiting household at some point.
- U.S. Census Bureau, 2000
If something like this spreads, it might force some of more apathetic fellow "oh-nothing-that-happens-in-DC-matters-to-me" Americans to WAKE THE HELL UP and grab a whiff of what a Theocratic America will look like if the Brownbacks, Santorums and Cornyns of this country continue to be reelected.
Or Am I making too much out of this?