Posted on 05/03/2008 4:13:05 AM PDT by Man50D
Oregon citizens who say their rejection of same-sex marriage was quashed by the state legislature scored a small legal victory in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.
The appeals court granted a motion by the Alliance Defense Fund to expedite the appeal of a federal court judge's decision that invalidated a voter petition drive.
As WND reported, a coalition of citizen groups want Oregonians to decide on a law that created "domestic partnerships" for homosexuals and lesbians in the state. But state officials contended the petition drive failed because there were too many invalid signatures.
With the margin of failure a mere five votes, several citizens went to their county offices to find out whether their valid signatures had been counted and discovered they had not.
But county officials, citing orders from state officials, refused to count the signatures, prompting a lawsuit from the Alliance Defense Fund.
At a Feb. 1 hearing, U.S. District Judge Michael Mosman essentially determined voters in Oregon have no legal right to have their petition signatures counted, the ADF said.
ADF Senior Legal Counsel Austin R. Nimocks contended "no legitimate reason existed to refuse to allow these registered voters to participate in the democratic process."
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We are no longer “citizens”; we are merely “subjects”.
There are a few things I will not allow this or any govt. to shove up my rear.
Recognize homosexuality as anything other than sick and perverse.
If the govt tries to do so then it is time to change govts. or leave the union.
Piss on these liberal states and judges.
If homosexual "marriage" couldn't even make it in Massachusetts in what state *could* it be approved by the voters?
I'd say not a single one.
Exactly when was it that citizens became subjects of the radical left ruling class? I missed that day. But it was certainly a disgraceful one. The question is, will we ever have the guts to correct the situation!
No, it is more like an invasion. Invasion of the queers!
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