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Posted on 06/05/2007 10:59:27 AM PDT by MovementConservative
Oregon - A senator introduces an amendment to make it easier for a man to take his wife's surname
You've heard of women's lib. Now, state Sen. Vicki Walker wants to introduce you to men's lib.
The Eugene Democrat tagged an amendment onto a routine housekeeping bill that she hopes will help men who want to change their names when they marry, but aren't really sure how.
Under Walker's amendment, the application for marriage licenses would be redesigned to make room for a little box where the bride and groom can write what they'll be called after the big day.
Now, before brides and grooms say "I do," they pick up applications for marriage licenses at their county clerk's office. The applications, which are the same across the state, have boxes for the bride's and groom's current names, but no place to put what they want their new surnames to be.
Walker's amendment clears up state statutes her staff says are muddled, stating specifically that either party can take the other's name or they can choose a hyphenated combination.
"We are no longer a patriarchal society," Walker told senators Monday before they passed House Bill 3120 in a 19-11 vote. "This simply makes it fair."
The idea -- though Walker said she didn't tell the Senate for fear she might lose votes -- came to her while she was leafing through a copy of Ms. magazine.
One article told the tale of a California legislator who was proposing name-change legislation. If California was doing it, Walker thought, why not Oregon?
She asked her staff to look into the issue and the Senate president to send the bill to her committee.
"It was just a delightful little project," Walker said.
(Excerpt) Read more at oregonlive.com ...
Why not? I'd ask WHY?! The path to sanity is to see what's going on in California and do the opposite.
The idea -- though Walker said she didn't tell the Senate for fear she might lose votes -- came to her while she was leafing through a copy of Ms. magazine.One article told the tale of a California legislator who was proposing name-change legislation. If California was doing it, Walker thought, why not Oregon?
Governance by whim.
Wonder what'll happen the next time this birdbrain has to wait outside the doctor's office?
That would make a great tagline!
Apparently real men are a dying breed.
And while they’re at it, why not just hand out handy little lock boxes for their wives to keep their balls in?
“One article told the tale of a California legislator who was proposing name-change legislation. If California was doing it, Walker thought, why not Oregon?”
Reforming for the sake of reforming? The biggest difference between Liberals and Conservatives.
“came to her while she was leafing through a copy of Ms. magazine.”
Wow. Not only governance by whim but governance by the whim of a radical feminist “magazine”.
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"We are no longer a patriarchal society," Walker told senators Monday before they passed House Bill 3120 in a 19-11 vote. "This simply makes it fair."In that case, better tack on amendments to outlaw hiring quotas, protect male students from compulsory Ritalin, eliminate alimony, mandate joint custody after divorce...
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Posted on 06/04/2007 5:59:24 AM EDT by ShadowDancer
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