… that makes infertility a condition for marriage:
The cite for this is W.R.S. Section 765.03 (1). Here is the text:
765.03 Who shall not marry; divorced persons. (1) No marriage shall be contracted
while either of the parties has a husband or wife living, nor between persons who are nearer of kin than 2nd cousins except that marriage may be contracted between first cousins where the female has attained the age of 55 years or where either party, at the time of application for a marriage license, submits an affidavit signed by a physician stating that either party is permanently sterile. Relationship under this section shall be computed by the rule of the civil law, whether the parties to the marriage are of the half or of the whole blood. A marriage may not be contracted if either party has such want of understanding as renders him or her incapable of assenting to marriage.
That’s from Wisconsin. So far, two states not only do not insist in procreation being a condition for marriage; they insist that it be a bar to marriage. So what is the point of civil marriage then in Arizona and Wisconsin? It is the emotional union of two people. As long as they’re straight.
THE END OF DRUG RESEARCH: The war against the pharmaceutical companies is only intensifying in this country. Here’s a case study of what happens when politicians pursue this cost-cutting agenda. In Germany, the drug research sector has now slid into second-class status. It will happen here. It is happening here.
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