Unmarried couple denied occupancy permit in Missouri

In Blackjack, Missouri, a couple has been denied an occupancy permit for their new house because they are not married. The man and woman have lived together for thirteen years and have three children. The oldest child is not the man's biological child, nor has the child been adopted by the man. The local board of adjustment requires people living together to have blood, marriage, or adoption ties.

This is not even about gay. This is about a man and a woman with children being told they cannot move into a house because of someone's ridiculous definition of "family." The wife-beater next door can live in his house. The child-beater down the street can live in her house. The three-times divorced man across the street can live in his house. But in Rabbit Hole, Missouri, a long-term couple with children cannot live in their house.