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JP refuses to marry couple
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| 10/15/09
| Don Ellzey
Posted on 10/15/2009 3:01:31 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3
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To: TornadoAlley3
Oh, fer Pete’s sake! What frigging century is this, anyway?
Someone retire this fossil.
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posted on
10/15/2009 3:03:04 PM PDT
by
EricT.
("Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government." -George Washington)
To: TornadoAlley3
This is ridiculous. A justice of the peace doesn’t have that kind of discretion, and the reasoning is just silly.
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posted on
10/15/2009 3:04:14 PM PDT
by
xjcsa
(And these three remain: change, hope and government. But the greatest of these is government.)
To: TornadoAlley3
If the value of jackasses goes up that parish can declare a dividend
To: EricT.
“Someone retire this fossil.”
Dress hi in one of his old Klan robes and throw him in jail...he’ll learn about inter-racial relations...
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posted on
10/15/2009 3:06:52 PM PDT
by
jessduntno
(Tell Obama to STFU - Stop The Federal Usurpation.)
To: TornadoAlley3
I can understand preachers and ministers refusing to marry a couple but not JPs. They don’t exist to render moral judgements on the bride and groom.
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posted on
10/15/2009 3:06:56 PM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Bend over suckahs".)
To: TornadoAlley3
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posted on
10/15/2009 3:07:41 PM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(Iran should have ceased to exist Nov 5, 1979, but we had no president then either.)
To: jessduntno
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posted on
10/15/2009 3:08:07 PM PDT
by
takbodan
(.)
To: TornadoAlley3
Your genes are way too different for a marriage around here. We want maximum genetic similarity.
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posted on
10/15/2009 3:08:48 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Soon everyone will win a Nobel Peace Prize for not being George Bush...well, except for George Bush.)
To: EricT.
Where was this crazy man when we really needed him; that day Obama’s mom and dad showed up to marry.
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posted on
10/15/2009 3:10:52 PM PDT
by
rjones42
To: rjones42
“Where was this crazy man when we really needed him; that day Obama’s mom and dad showed up to marry.”
Someone had to say it, I guess...think will this make the reprint at HuffPo?
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posted on
10/15/2009 3:14:34 PM PDT
by
jessduntno
(Tell Obama to STFU - Stop The Federal Usurpation.)
To: OrangeHoof
My reaction, too. A priest or a minister has discretion if he sees problems or impediments, but I don’t think a Justice of the Peace can do this.
Too bad, in a way. If a couple comes in drunk, a JP should be able to send them out to sober up, maybe. But it’s not his job to do more than say, maybe, “Are you sure you want to get married?”
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posted on
10/15/2009 3:16:01 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: rjones42
It wouldn’t have mattered. Chairman Zer0’s mom was already knocked up for 3 months before she got married.
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posted on
10/15/2009 3:16:26 PM PDT
by
EricT.
("Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government." -George Washington)
To: TornadoAlley3
“I told him if I do, I’ll resign,” Bardwell said. “I have rights too. I’m not obligated to do that just because I’m a justice of the peace.” He needs to step down. His time was up about 40 years ago.
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posted on
10/15/2009 3:18:32 PM PDT
by
marron
To: jessduntno
Someone had to say it, I guess...think will this make the reprint at HuffPo?They reprint FReeper comments at the HuffnPuff Post?
I wonder if any of mine have been found worthy?
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posted on
10/15/2009 3:19:00 PM PDT
by
EricT.
("Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government." -George Washington)
To: rjones42
He was in the US - not Kenya.
To: TornadoAlley3
Unless the law states he cannot recuse himself, he has the right to do so. Interracial marriages aren’t as problematic as they have been in the past, but that doesn’t mean his observations aren’t still true for his region. He gave them another JP’s name and didn’t try to prevent their marriage altogether.
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posted on
10/15/2009 3:33:30 PM PDT
by
skr
(May God confound the enemy)
To: Cicero
If a couple comes in drunk, a JP should be able to send them out to sober up, maybe.
He is attesting to a contract, which requires both parties to be competent.
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posted on
10/15/2009 3:34:19 PM PDT
by
kenavi
(No legislation longer than the Constitution.)
To: TornadoAlley3
I hope the couple went elsewhere and enjoy a long happy marriage. And I hope the JP finds another line of work where his personal views are irrelevant.
To: TornadoAlley3
Yes because marriages between members of the same race never fail. /s
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posted on
10/15/2009 3:35:39 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
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