Posted on 05/24/2006 8:54:29 AM PDT by tbird5
A small American town is facing accusations of seeking to drive unmarried couples with children out of town on grounds they do not fit the local definition of a family.
The brewing controversy in Black Jack, a town of 6,800 in the central state of Missouri, began unfolding earlier this year when Olivia Shelltrack and Fondray Loving were denied an occupancy permit after moving into a four-bedroom house they had purchased.
Local officials told the couple that the fact they were not married and had three children, one from Shelltrack's previous relationship, did not fit the town's definition of "family".
A Black Jack ordinance prohibits more than three people from living together in a single family home unless they are related by "blood, marriage or adoption".
The couple were then left with the option of getting married, packing their bags and leaving town, or putting up a fight, which is what they decided to do.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
haven't heard of occupancy permits for pre-existing homes, but i know that many places require them for newly built homes. occupancy permit is just the inspectors way of saying, "this house is up to code, and ok for people to live in"
If you have a point to make, don't be a coward, make it.
Read between the lines.
Yep, coward.
There is a reason you don't want your point to be in black and white.
I disagree with you. Fornication is not protected by the US Constitution.
But it is being enforced [unconstitutionally] to prohibit an [unlicensed] family from living together.
I disagree with you. Fornication is not protected by the US Constitution.
Fornication is not the issue.
If these townspeople don't like unmarried couples w/children living together, it they who should move, -- into a planned community where such restrictive covenants are legal.
The federal system guarantees that there will be plenty of space available for these communitarian people, since federalism protects true diversity among Americans.
Yes, it is. Living together is a euphemism for fornication. And their offspring are the the progeny of fornication.
The local state attorney should charge this couple with fornication if the state has such a law.
Good grief george. Are you a puritan?
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There is a reason you don't want your point to be in black and white.
Anyone smart enough to read between the lines will see my point.
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