The city council in Black Jack, Mo., has rejected a measure allowing unmarried couples with multiple children to live together. The mayor said those who fall into that category could soon face eviction.
I find this fascinating. Where does it fall in the polygamy and privacy case law? Is living together out-of-wedlock Roe-like protected or does the state have an anti-polygamy-like interest in forbidding such things? The article offers no legal commentary, but the last paragraph says that the town retained special counsel in the matter, which probably means it has hired a lawyer who understands those legal issues very clearly. I'm assuming the ACLU will be riding in soon to save the free-sex day.
Mind you, I'm not taking the position that Black Jack is wise to have such an ordinance. I'd have to mull that one over. It seems that public resources might better be allocated to other matters. But I like the idea of a small community taking morality seriously and trying to enforce it.
And by the way, the secularists will soon start chanting "theocracy." Just ignore 'em. Until they can see the difference between (i) admitting religion into the public square as one player among many and (ii) making a religion the basis of the entire public square, they're not worth talking with.
