Remember when the bride’s daddy held the gun at a shotgun marriage? Welcome to Bush’s American, where the state now holds the shotgun. From the AP:

Mo. Town Denies Unmarried Couple Permit

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.”

….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.

La la la. I’m going to keep saying it until it sinks in: The American Taliban isn’t just interested in oppressing homos. They’re not going to rest until heteros toe the Christianist line too.