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eppur_se_muova

(36,271 posts) Thu Jul 19, 2012, 06:15 PM Jul 2012

Seattle woman weds corporation (PHOTOS)

Single life got you down? But let me guess — that special someone seems impossible to find. An activist in Seattle found a surefire solution to her bachelorette blues, while at the same time sticking it to the Supreme Court.

Seattle resident Angela Vogel was given state permission to proceed with a planned wedding after officials in King County, Washington this week signed off on a marriage license between the beautiful bride-to-be and one Mr. Corporate Person: a one-and-a-half-month-old corporation established earlier this year. Jeff Reifman, a Seattle-based technologist and writer, is listed on Corporate Person’s official papers as its registered agent.

King County Executive Dow Constantine authorized a marriage license between Vogel and Corporate Person this week, and the bride and groom just couldn’t be happier.

"I'm incredibly excited," Vogel tells reporters from Seattle’s The Stranger. "I'm drinking."

Mr. Person — well, Mr. Reifman — adds to the Washington Bus blog that it wasn’t exactly the easiest thing to have his corporation legally permitted to wed a human, but if the US justice system can allow big businesses the same rights as people under the Citizens United ruling, frankly, it only makes sense. And if you think otherwise, take it up with Mitt Romney.
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more: http://rt.com/usa/news/corporation-corporate-reifman-person-594/

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Seattle woman weds corporation (PHOTOS) (Original Post) eppur_se_muova Jul 2012 OP

Hey GOP, get your sanctity of marriage, right here! Blue Owl Jul 2012 #1

hahaha... no kidding fascisthunter Jul 2012 #3

Why King County nixed woman’s marriage to a corporation in Seattle struggle4progress Jul 2012 #2

Says here Vogel is a lawyer, if it is the same person: dixiegrrrrl Jul 2012 #6

.. Angela Marie Vogel .. used a figure from an art installation .. to marry “Corporate Person” .. struggle4progress Jul 2012 #8

if this is fake, someone should try doing it for real. corporations are people, my friend. HiPointDem Jul 2012 #4

It's for real. Here's Thom Hartmann's coverage. The vows are hysterical! nolabear Jul 2012 #7

Where are they honeymooning? undeterred Jul 2012 #5

The Cayman Islands? Oilwellian Jul 2012 #9

Rob the cradle much? Duer 157099 Jul 2012 #10

Blue Owl

(50,445 posts)

1. Hey GOP, get your sanctity of marriage, right here!

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Thu Jul 19, 2012, 06:18 PM

Jul 2012

And don't forget to thank a Republican for making corporate personhood a part of our society.

fascisthunter

(29,381 posts)

3. hahaha... no kidding

Reply to Blue Owl (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 19, 2012, 07:42 PM

Jul 2012

let's see how moral they are now?

struggle4progress

(118,307 posts)

2. Why King County nixed woman’s marriage to a corporation in Seattle

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Thu Jul 19, 2012, 07:40 PM

Jul 2012

By Jake Ellison, Evan Hoover and Mallory Kaniss
... “It was just an error,” a King County spokesperson said of why the woman was allowed to get a license and marry “Corporation Person." An error the county said it has fixed by voiding the license and returning the $64 fee. “There was a lot of confusion and (the clerk) was not able to get a hold of her direct supervisor nor the Department of Health, so just in the interest of just trying to resolve the situation she erroneously took the license application,” said Cameron Satterfield, a spokesperson for the county ... Jeff Reifman, Initiate 103’s Campaign Manager, said they hope to qualify for the 2013 ballot in Seattle by collection over 20,000 signatures of Seattle residents by mid-September ... http://www.kplu.org/post/why-king-county-nixed-woman-s-marriage-corporation-seattle

RT is owned by the Russian government. The "wedding" is another stunt by Angela Vogel:

July 3, 2012 at 10:27 PM
#MicCheckWallSt to drop more than $2,500 from Seattle building
Posted by Alexa Vaughn
#MicCheckWallSt, a Seattle political awareness group, says it will be dropping more than $2,500 in cash from the top of an unnamed building in Seattle on July 4. The money drop is part of a protest against the United States Supreme Court’s ruling in the Citizens United case ... “The money will naturally go back into general circulation,” says the fundraiser website. “As it passes from hand to hand, from one person to the next, it will continue to spread its message” ... Angela Vogel, one of the event’s organizers, said stamping the printed money is legal because it’s designed not to obscure serial or denomination numbers ... http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2012/07/miccheckwallst-to-drop-more-than-2500-from-seattle-building/

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

6. Says here Vogel is a lawyer, if it is the same person:

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 20, 2012, 11:55 AM

Jul 2012

The Seattle office of Gordon & Rees has expanded its Employment and Insurance Groups with the addition of associate Angela R. Vogel. Ms. Vogel’s practice focuses on employment law and civil litigation and includes defending employers in employment disputes in state and federal court, including claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful discharge and wage and hour matters.

Prior to entering private practice, Ms. Vogel was an attorney with the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions, Securities Division where she conducted investigations of Securities Act violations.

Ms. Vogel graduated cum laude from Seattle University School of Law where she was a Board of Trustees Scholarship recipient each of her three years. She earned the CALI Award of Excellence for receiving the top grade in Corporate Acquisitions, and she was a member of the William L. Dwyer American Inns of Court. She also participated in the International Law Program at Trinity College in Ireland and at Charles University in the Czech Republic. She earned her B.A. from Seattle University.
http://www.gordonrees.com/newsroom/viewNews.cfm?contentID=207