CA: Clerk protests gay marriage ban -plans to present "certificates of inequality" to same-sex pairs

Clerk protests gay marriage ban
Activists hail symbolic move in Yolo; critics decry 'stunt'

By Jim Sanders - Bee Capitol Bureau
Last Updated 12:21 am PST Friday, February 2, 2007
Story appeared in METRO section, Page B2


Yolo County Clerk-Recorder Freddie Oakley plans to present "certificates of inequality" to same-sex pairs on Valentine's Day. She says she designed the certificates to ease her soul over having to deny marriage licenses

In a slap at California's ban on gay marriage, the elected official who oversees civil marriages in Yolo County will distribute "certificates of inequality" to same-sex couples on Valentine's Day.

Freddie Oakley, Yolo's clerk-recorder, said she designed the certificates herself as a way to ease her soul over having to deny marriage licenses to gays and lesbians.

"We don't discriminate against people on the basis of age, or health, or disability, or race, or ethnicity, or religion, but we do on the basis of gender in this matter," she said. "I feel it's inappropriate."

Oakley's "certificate of inequality" claims that California wrongly deprives gays and lesbians of the right to marry.

"I issue this Certificate of Inequality to you because your choice of marriage partner displeases some people whose displeasure is, apparently, more important than principles of equality," it reads.

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That certainly ought to stick in the craw of the homophobic bigots.

That's a sweet move.

I like it. :D Good move. :)

:kick:

That's a brave woman.

...in view of her advice to make the ridiculous look ridiculous. O8)

Good for her!

:applause:

Just goes to show that not every act of civil disobedience has to be a huge production. I wish we could get one!

:toast:

Nominating FREDDIE OAKLEY as DU's Progressive Hero of the Week! ( Well we should have one, y'know! )