Yolo County (Calif.) Clerk to give 'certificates of inequality' to gay couples

Oeditpus Rex

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Sat Feb-03-07 12:34 AM
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Yolo County (Calif.) Clerk to give 'certificates of inequality' to gay couples

Feb. 2 - KGO - A county clerk outside Sacramento has come up with a unique Valentine's Day idea for same sex couples who want to get married. But the Yolo County clerk's proposal is drawing fire from those opposed to gay marriage.

Same sex couples who'll try to get married in Yolo County this Valentine's Day will be in for a surprise. In addition to being told 'no', Clerk-Recorder Freddie Oakley will be giving out 'Certificates of Inequality,' made on her home computer.

"I want to give them something to take away that says: 'I personally respect you and believe you should have the same rights as everyone else.'"

(snip)

The mother of two, in a traditional marriage for 37 years, is herself an evangelical Christian who says she just wants to make a statement.

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=politics&id=4998556

(Video at link.)

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Orsino

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Sat Feb-03-07 10:41 AM
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1. This is awesome, but...

...she's gonna get fired for doing it on the job.

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LeftyMom

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Sat Feb-03-07 11:14 AM
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5. Nah, Yolo County= Davis (very liberal university town) and a bunch of Libertarian farm types

who mostly won't give a shit.

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Oeditpus Rex

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Sat Feb-03-07 01:54 PM
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7. I don't know about Yolo County

but in most places, the county clerk is an elected official.

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xchrom

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Sat Feb-03-07 10:45 AM
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2. certificates of inequalty is exactly right.

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terrya

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Sat Feb-03-07 10:47 AM
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3. Good for her.

She's expressing the truth. I'm sort of surprised her fellow Christians are upset about someone speaking the truth.

If you aren't allowed the same rights as others, then you don't have full equality. Sounds pretty simple to me.

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Sat Feb-03-07 10:49 AM
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4. I think that what she is doing is brilliant.

I think that there is no harm being done here at all. It's giving something to the people who come in for services who cannot, by law, participate in the service. Besides, if it makes the people who get them happy then that's all the better. The guy who believes in same sex marriage is completely off base with his remarks. The woman is not giving out certificates to everyone who comes in, thus spreading her opinion around. She is honoring and supporting all the people that she comes in contact with. I find that very respectable in public servants.

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Hell Hath No Fury

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Sat Feb-03-07 01:50 PM
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6. I hope everyone notes...

that she is an evangelical Christian!

She's a nice reminder that they are all not batshity crazy bigots.

Kudos to her for remembering what Christ's real message was and living it. :applause:

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Oeditpus Rex

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Sat Feb-03-07 01:55 PM
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8. Yup

I made a point of posting that graf in the OP.

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