Today In GOP Crackpottery

Think Progress reports that Massachusetts GOP state Sen. Richard Ross is pushing a bill that would require the permission of a judge before somebody getting a divorce can bring a date home or have sex in their own home with someone besides their soon-to-be ex. But only if there are kids in the house! Here's the text of the bill:

In divorce, separation, or 209A proceedings involving children and a marital home, the party remaining in the home shall not conduct a dating or sexual relationship within the home until a divorce is final and all financial and custody issues are resolved, unless the express permission is granted by the courts.

In other words, if your spouse splits and leaves you with the kids, you better hire a babysitter because you'll have to take your lovin' on the road. Ross' bill was first introduced last year and yesterday it got an extension for consideration until June 30th. The bill does not stipulate what the penalty would be for permissionless at-home hook-ups. Perhaps fittingly, Ross is a mortician.

UPDATE: Think Progress has updated their post.

Ross’ staff told ThinkProgress that the senator is “not in support” of the bill. It was filed on behalf of a constituent, Robert LeClair, as a courtesy to him. Massachusetts law allows legislators to put forth a citizen’s piece of legislation, as Ross did in this case, though there is no requirement that they do so.

Is that supposed to make it OK?