The Morning News

A couple of things, in response to items heard on the NEWS.
There was a wedding in an Edmonton jail this weekend, and it was described as "Incredible". I would have chosen the word "Incredulous" -- I can't believe they couldn't have waited till their release dates, one in late November of this year, the other about a week later. Why the rush? Hard to squeeze it into their busy schedules?
What's to be gained by being married anyway? What IS marriage, or rather, what has become of marriage??
The lesbians (yes, did I forget to mention that?) couldn't sleep together to consumate their legal union. In the Catholic church, that's grounds for annulment right there. As for providing a family unit for a child, on a checklist for "That which comprises a healthy, happy home environment", I don't think too may squares would be marked off.
Most folks would agree with me, but we're not allowed to have our say because the courts of our country dictate what we can or can't do. Speaking of what we can't do, isn't Incarceration supposed to be inconvenient?
On another matter, someone just gave birth to sextuplets. I want to adjust that to say, "whelped a litter".
Ten years ago I read a stat which said it cost $150,000 to raise a child from birth to the age of 18 when they would presumably be on their own. Let's just round that off, and factor in a cost of living increase. It should cost that mother over a million dollars to bring those kids to adulthood.
What if, somewhere down the line, an incarcerated lesbian wants to get married and have babies, but is unable to conceive, so the taxpayer has to pay for her fertility treatments, and she has quints, but is unable to provide for them. Do we the taxpayers step up to the plate? What -- you don't think that's possible? Maybe the wedding was "Incredible" but the way things are going in this world, the scenario I have just presented IS NOT.