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cal04

(41,505 posts)
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 01:25 PM Jul 2014

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."

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/colorado-clerk-okd-give-gay-marriage-licenses-24506801



Judge Rules Colorado Clerk Can Continue Issuing Gay Marriage Licenses
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/10/colorado-gay-marriage_n_5574722.html
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Judge:Colorado Clerk OK'd to Give Gay Marriage Licenses (Original Post) cal04 Jul 2014 OP
If the teabaggers want to make nulliifcation their thing, we can play that game too bluestateguy Jul 2014 #1
I have voted for Hillary Hall in several elections... kag Jul 2014 #2
This is fucking huge! Fuck the AG in Colorado! William769 Jul 2014 #3
Kick. Agschmid Jul 2014 #4
that clerk is quite remarkable... hlthe2b Jul 2014 #5
Thats the second lady in 40 years to hold that job & do the same thing. William769 Jul 2014 #6
...and Denver too! - New headline at link: Judge: Gay Couples Can Keep Marrying in Colorado Eugene Jul 2014 #7
Gay marriage licences? bluedigger Jul 2014 #8
For an additional fee by HL staff? littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #9
Thanks for taking it home. bluedigger Jul 2014 #14
Shhhh. I am trying to fly under the radar here. littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #15
KnR sheshe2 Jul 2014 #10
Hey love! nt littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #12
Just read this in LGBT and wondered.. littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #11
k&r nt steve2470 Jul 2014 #13
K&R! nt Mnemosyne Jul 2014 #16

bluestateguy

(44,173 posts)
1. If the teabaggers want to make nulliifcation their thing, we can play that game too
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 01:34 PM
Jul 2014

Nulliification doesn't just have to be for angry white men with guns and unpaid grazing fees.

kag

(4,079 posts)
2. I have voted for Hillary Hall in several elections...
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 01:38 PM
Jul 2014

This makes me even happier that I did so . She's got some serious cajones!!!

hlthe2b

(102,357 posts)
5. that clerk is quite remarkable...
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 02:13 PM
Jul 2014

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)
6. Thats the second lady in 40 years to hold that job & do the same thing.
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 02:22 PM
Jul 2014

The last time was in 1975, a feminist wanting to do the right thing issued a same-sex marriage license.

Eugene

(61,945 posts)
7. ...and Denver too! - New headline at link: Judge: Gay Couples Can Keep Marrying in Colorado
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 03:53 PM
Jul 2014
Judge: Gay Couples Can Keep Marrying in Colorado

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
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