Judge:Colorado Clerk OK'd to Give Gay Marriage Licenses
Source: AP
A Boulder County clerk who has been issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in defiance of Colorado's gay-marriage ban can continue, a judge ruled Thursday.
Boulder County Judge Andrew Hartman decided county clerk Hillary Hall can ignore a federal stay on a ruling from the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver that states cannot set gender requirements for marriage.
The judge said gay marriage is still technically illegal in Colorado but that Hall's behavior was not harming anyone. But he said all who receive a license should be warned that they could still be invalid if a judge finds after trial that Hall didn't have the authority to issue them.
Hartman also noted that every judge including one in Colorado the previous afternoon in the past year has ruled that gay marriage bans are unconstitutional and that Colorado's prohibition is "hanging by a thread."
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Judge Rules Colorado Clerk Can Continue Issuing Gay Marriage Licenses
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/10/colorado-gay-marriage_n_5574722.html
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)Nulliification doesn't just have to be for angry white men with guns and unpaid grazing fees.
kag
(4,079 posts)This makes me even happier that I did so . She's got some serious cajones!!!
William769
(55,147 posts)hlthe2b
(102,357 posts)though I can't imagine she would ever have faced dismissal in Boulder, that ahole AG would have loved to have charged her with something-- IMO only public pressure kept him in check.
William769
(55,147 posts)The last time was in 1975, a feminist wanting to do the right thing issued a same-sex marriage license.
Eugene
(61,945 posts)DENVER Jul 10, 2014, 3:32 PM ET
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press
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An hour after Hartman issued his ruling, Denver's clerk said she will join her counterpart in the liberal college town of Boulder in providing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
"It's awesome," Denver Clerk and Recorder Debra Johnson said. "Finally, we can give out marriage licenses to all loving couples."
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/colorado-clerk-okd-give-gay-marriage-licenses-24506801
bluedigger
(17,087 posts)Are they bedazzled or something?
littlemissmartypants
(22,797 posts)Where is the : pollyanna : smilie?
bluedigger
(17,087 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,797 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,797 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,797 posts)Why isn't this in LBN and woop...