synaps Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 http://famulus.msnbc.com/famulusgen...vts=32320041850 PORTLAND, March 23 — In a new twist in the battle over same-sex marriage roiling the United States, a county in Oregon has banned all marriages -- gay and heterosexual -- until the state decides who can and who cannot wed. The last marriage licenses were handed out in Benton County at 4 p.m. local time (7:00 p.m. EST) Tuesday. As of Wednesday, officials in the county of 79,000 people will begin telling couples applying for licenses to go elsewhere until the gay marriage debate is settled. ''It may seem odd,'' Benton County Commissioner Linda Modrell told Reuters in a telephone interview, but ''we need to treat everyone in our county equally.'' State Attorney General Hardy Myers said in a statement that he was ''very pleased'' with Benton County's decision. ''It is my sincere hope that legal process will provide clarity for each of Oregon's counties.'' The three County commissioners had originally decided to start handing out gay marriage licenses this week but on Monday reversed that decision amid a growing firestorm of lawsuits across the country, and decided instead to put a temporary halt to all marriages. Rebekah Kassell, a spokeswoman for Basic Rights Oregon, a pro-gay marriage group, told Reuters; ''It is certainly a different way for county commissioners to respect their constitutional obligation to apply the law equally to everyone. ''We appreciate that they are willing to say they are not going to participate in discrimination.'' 'PERPLEXED' BY DECISION Tim Nashif, the spokesman for the Defense of Marriage Coalition, said; ''Oregon not only has the only county in the nation issuing illegal (same-sex) marriage licenses, we probably have the only county in the nation refusing to issue marriage licenses at all.'' ''We are happy Benton County is not going to violate the law by issuing illegal marriage licenses, but we are perplexed as to why they would not issue legal licenses,'' he added. Benton County, whose county seat is Corvallis, is home to Oregon State University and is seen as a bastion of liberalism. Meanwhile, the American Civil Liberties Union said it would file a lawsuit Wednesday against Oregon or an unnamed state entity over the state's failure to register the more than 2,550 marriage licenses issued by Portland's Multnomah County to gay couples since March 3. Multnomah County, the state's most populous, is the only jurisdiction in the United States that continues to issue same-sex marriage licenses. Local governments from San Francisco to New Paltz, New York, have halted the practice amid lawsuits and protests. In New Mexico, a judge Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order to stop a Sandoval County clerk from issuing more marriage certificates to gay and lesbian couples. Victoria Dunlap, the clerk for the county to the southwest of Santa Fe, issued 66 marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples on Feb. 20th before the state's attorney general issued a statement declaring the marriages invalid. The temporary injunction will be in effect until a state district judge can hear the case on the subject. The case is scheduled to be heard on April 2nd. (Additional reporting by Zelie Pollon in Santa Fe, New Mexico) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dick Quickwood Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 Originally posted by iquit please tell me that's from the onion?!?!?! i saw it on the tv news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Priest Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 http://www.misfitsonline.de/danzig.jpg'> "Danzig is stunned." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synaps Posted March 24, 2004 Author Share Posted March 24, 2004 Originally posted by iquit please tell me that's from the onion?!?!?! nope, unfortunately not ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azert Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 I think it's a good idea.. if they ban all marriages then heterosexual couples know what it's like to be denied marriage. Maybe people will start to get the point that discrimination against any type of persons is not a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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test pattern Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 Originally posted by High Priest http://www.misfitsonline.de/danzig.jpg'> "Danzig is stunned." hahahahahaha:lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldBench Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 :lol: this shits going to far.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mikro137 Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 word , this is the best thing i have heard since this issue became a national phenominon. imagine that , equallity in america. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overtime Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 good idea, i think its cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PalestineOne Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 fags shouldnt be able to marry each other, shit, they just SHOULDNT! what the hell is wrong with you people??? I cant believe how "open mindedness" is somehow associated with accepting everything for everyone! being a fag is a decision, a biologically and religiously wrong decision. fags will never be able to achieve complete equality just like blacks in america, the difference is that blacks did not choose to be black, and all blacks think differently like anyone else, but all fagot think like fagots, they all find theyre own gender sexually attractive, which is fucking nasty and leads to some disgusting shit. you might as well legalize incest, child molestation, and fucking girls under 18. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest j Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 ignorance. (not that I'm condoning homosexuality.. I personally don't care for it either) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PalestineOne Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 disgusting so is ignorant for me to say fags shouldnt even be together, my opinions make me look ignorant in your eyes, but your still a fag and/or a fag supporter so I rather you not look at me anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PalestineOne Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 aight homey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest j Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 but seriously.. I can't say that homosexuality is right, but if they want to get married and frolick around in gay happiness.. that's cool with me. I'm not homophobic. I just don't get it sometimes why people are so hardcore against fags. :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PalestineOne Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 cause fags are like child molesters and rapists and incest and shit like that, unnatural, disgusting, and just cause its not yet a crime do people not have any serious problems with it, most people are fucking blind and are guided like sheep by the laws and government, fuck the laws and government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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