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County To Issue Same-Sex Marriage License (Portland, OR)
katu.com ^ | March 2, 2004

Posted on 03/02/2004 5:02:35 PM PST by dixiechick2000

County To Issue Same-Sex Marriage Licenses

PORTLAND, ORE. - It has happened in Massachusetts, San Francisco and now it's happening in Portland. The Multnomah County Clerk's office plans to issue marriage licenses for same-sex couples starting tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. at their office located at 501 S.E. Hawthorne.

Taking a look at Oregon's marriage law, it states that marriage is a civil contract entered between males who are at least 17 years old and females who are at least 17 years old.

Notice that the law does not say the marriage has to be between a man and a woman.

Now, hundreds of gay couples in Oregon are expected to take advantage of tomorrow's issuing of same-sex marriage licenses.

So many are expected to show up that the Multnomah County Sheriff's Department plans on having extra deputies out tomorrow to provide security at the clerk's office.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Oregon; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: homosexualagenda; portland; prisoners; samesexmarriage; stunt
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Notice that the law does not say the marriage has to be between a man and a woman.

Oh, man...

1 posted on 03/02/2004 5:02:37 PM PST by dixiechick2000
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Jesus said: "And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore, they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder." -from THE BIBLE: Matthew 19:4-6
2 posted on 03/02/2004 5:06:28 PM PST by Cindy
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To: dixiechick2000
Oh, its fine.

It will only speed the oncoming culture war, where we slap these people down once and for all. I hope 20 states announce support for Gay Marriage tomorrow. The Senate will get a reawakening when 70% of this nation demands an Amemdment to the Constitution.

Bring it on.
3 posted on 03/02/2004 5:09:08 PM PST by Pukin Dog (Sans Reproache)
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To: dixiechick2000
It has happened in Massachusetts, San Francisco and now it's happening in Portland...

They're getting the west coast and New England...soon it'll spread into the South.

We're being taken over.

4 posted on 03/02/2004 5:09:46 PM PST by DemWatch
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To: WKB; onyx; wardaddy; bourbon; Magnolia; Grampa Dave; B Knotts; Nam Vet; Andy from Beaverton; ...
Going to hell in a handbasket ping!
5 posted on 03/02/2004 5:11:13 PM PST by dixiechick2000 (President Bush is a mensch in cowboy boots.)
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To: Pukin Dog
Bring it on.

I like your attitude! ;o)

6 posted on 03/02/2004 5:12:34 PM PST by dixiechick2000 (President Bush is a mensch in cowboy boots.)
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To: DemWatch
"...soon it'll spread into the South"

Bite your tongue!

7 posted on 03/02/2004 5:13:23 PM PST by dixiechick2000 (President Bush is a mensch in cowboy boots.)
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To: dixiechick2000
Does the law allow threesomes?
8 posted on 03/02/2004 5:15:19 PM PST by syriacus (Lib courts get rid of gender in marriage = Courts get rid of any legal consideration of gender = ERA)
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To: syriacus
Great question.....why not just let anybody marry any number/sex....as long as they're over the "age limit," there's NO LAW. Disgusting!
9 posted on 03/02/2004 5:16:34 PM PST by nicmarlo
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To: Pukin Dog
Keep dreaming.

Having Gov't issue marriages so homosexuals can "marry" each other is a victory like the knight in Monty Python who kept demanding the other knight keep fighting, even though he was kicking his butt.
10 posted on 03/02/2004 5:19:03 PM PST by Guillermo (It's tough being a Miami Dolphins fan)
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To: *Homosexual Agenda; EdReform; scripter; GrandMoM; backhoe; Yehuda; Clint N. Suhks; saradippity; ...
Homosexual Agenda Ping - Oregon is practically a socialist state down to the dotted i's and crossed t's.

Stands to reason the loyal leftists there will follow Thug/Clown Mayor Noisome into the abyss.

Carefully note that this statute which supposedly doesn't say one has to be male and one has to be female ALSO DOESN'T SAY that both have to be human (wink wink, nudge nudge).

OK, Oregon Freepers, get up to Portland with your livestock and pets!

(Let me know if anyone wants on/off this ping list!)
11 posted on 03/02/2004 5:20:14 PM PST by little jeremiah (...men of intemperate minds can not be free. Their passions forge their fetters.)
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To: dixiechick2000
Ain't that sweet.

The last days must be near ~ there's too much insanity going out there.

We are winning ~ the bad guys are losing ~ trolls, terrorists and the democrats are sad ~ very sad!

~~ Bush/Cheney 2004 ~~

12 posted on 03/02/2004 5:20:20 PM PST by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: Cindy
It was only at matter of time before it happened in little Moscow-on-the-Willamette. What has happened to my beautiful state? :(

People, not all Oregonians are loony liberals, no matter what the media tries to portray! LOL

13 posted on 03/02/2004 5:23:03 PM PST by thecabal ("Well, boys, I reckon this is it - nuclear combat toe to toe with the Ruskies." --Major T. J. Kong)
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To: dixiechick2000
I refuse to believe the timing of the same-sex marriage hub-bub throughout the country is accidental...not in an election year when the subject needs to be changed from the record of a presidental wannabe.
14 posted on 03/02/2004 5:25:25 PM PST by Magnolia
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To: thecabal
Two weeks ago, the liberals were saying Oregon didn't need a consitutional amendment against Gay marraige. They said Oregon's existing law was sufficient. God has given the U.S. up to depravity.
15 posted on 03/02/2004 5:25:46 PM PST by aimhigh
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To: dixiechick2000
It doesn't limit the number of partners either. <sarcasm
16 posted on 03/02/2004 5:26:11 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: dixiechick2000
Portland. It figures.
17 posted on 03/02/2004 5:29:44 PM PST by Eala (Sacrificing tagline fame for... TRAD ANGLICAN RESOURCE PAGE: http://eala.freeservers.com/anglican)
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To: dixiechick2000
OMG, not in Oregon!!!


18 posted on 03/02/2004 5:30:51 PM PST by Scenic Sounds (Sí, estamos libres sonreír otra vez - ahora y siempre.)
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To: dixiechick2000
Well....we were looking at buying property (again) in Oregon....think we'll take a pass....
19 posted on 03/02/2004 5:32:59 PM PST by goodnesswins (Dedicated to Mel Gibson - my new idol)
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To: goodnesswins
My wife wanted to look there. I persuaded her that Wyoming looks much better.
20 posted on 03/02/2004 5:35:46 PM PST by claudiustg (Go Sharon! Go Bush!)
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