Missouri town may evict unmarried parents

[quesarah]

Mo. Town Denies Unmarried Couple Permit - Yahoo! News:

BLACK JACK, Mo. - 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.

Comments

[an-gealach.livejournal.com]

Wow. Why don't they just hang them on the town square? Ugh.

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

Or hey, why not a nice scarlet letter on their clothes??

[king-ghidorah.livejournal.com]

Clothes? Why not brand it on their foreheads. Need to think bigger to deal with this crisis in the family.

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

Clearly I suffer from a lack of vision. Maybe I should fast for a few days and do nothing but pray and read Revelations. Maybe then I'll come up with some good ideas for bringing the Word to the heathens.

[king-ghidorah.livejournal.com]

Good to know moral conservatives are out to get not only gay couples, but straight ones, too. Makes them seem a bit more even-handed.

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Why single out the gays when there are plenty of poor straight folks who are waiting to be persecuted?

[king-ghidorah.livejournal.com]

If the anti-gay activists have their way, the godless hets are next on their list, you can bet on it.

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

And "godless" refers to anyone who doesn't subscribe to their brand of Christianity.

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

I was just thinking that. I'm nto sure if I'm even more disturbed, or comforted, by the fact that they are even-handedly going after everyone.

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

I dunno. The whole thing leaves me feeling queasy.

[lahermite.livejournal.com]

because marriage is such a sacred thing, and works out so often.

fucking morons.

[drunkjen.livejournal.com]

for a second i read that as "fucking morMons"

heh

[madenglishbloke.livejournal.com]

oi!!
thats MY perogative...
not that ive anything against the religion my parents chose to drag me up in... honest...

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

...that explains a lot. O.O


(kidding!)

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

...which also makes sense. O.o

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

"Who cares if the marriage works out, it's what the Bible wants us to do."

Idiots.

[lahermite.livejournal.com]

along with stoning our children, giving our daughters to invaders, and sacrificing animals. such a lovely way of living, eh!

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

Yet there is a movement in the US to bring all aspects of life and government under the control of the Christian Right.

[lahermite.livejournal.com]

the whole world, i think. and they're succeeding, too. it's pretty damned scary. "damned" haha. ain't that right!

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

They're succeeding now because people are afraid. Abate the fear and reason will win out.

[lahermite.livejournal.com]

changes are a-comin'!!