Difference between revisions of "2008-06-17 Three California counties to locals: No marriage for you"
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<let name=data index=Date>2008-06-17</let> | <let name=data index=Date>2008-06-17</let> | ||
| − | <let name=data index=Topics> | + | <let name=data index=Source>The Carpetbagger Report</let> |
| + | <let name=data index=Topics>\war on gay marriage\California</let> | ||
<let name=data index=URL>http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/15906.html</let> | <let name=data index=URL>http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/15906.html</let> | ||
<let name=data index=Title>Three California counties to locals: No marriage for you</let> | <let name=data index=Title>Three California counties to locals: No marriage for you</let> | ||
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| + | <p>On the one hand, San Francisco County has added additional staff and expanded hours so the clerk's office can accommodate the surge in demand from same-sex couples seeking marriage licenses and wedding ceremonies. The office has 170 same-sex couples signed up to receive marriage licenses on the first day, says Karen Hong Yee, director of the county clerk's office.</p> | ||
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| + | <p>In contrast, the Butte County clerk-recorder issued a June 11 news release saying her office will stop performing wedding ceremonies altogether – for gay and heterosexual couples. The Kern County clerk issued a June 4 release that she would do the same.</p> | ||
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| + | <p>Calaveras county has decided to follow Butte's and Kern's lead, and will also [[war on marriage|stop performing marriages]] altogether.</p> | ||
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| + | Apparently [[anti-gay]] county employees would rather [[scorched earth|prevent ''anyone'']] from marrying (and fail to do their jobs, into the bargain) rather than allow gay people to marry. If gay people somehow inexplicably fail to destroy [[marriage]] by their participation, the anti-gays will do their best to [[war on marriage|destroy it somehow]].</let> | ||
| + | <let name=data index=TextShort>“In contrast, the Butte County clerk-recorder issued a June 11 news release saying her office will stop performing wedding ceremonies altogether – for gay and heterosexual couples. The Kern County clerk issued a June 4 release that she would do the same. .. Calaveras county has decided to follow Butte's and Kern's lead, and will also [[war on marriage|stop performing marriages]] altogether.”</let> | ||
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