New Mexico... AG's ruling prompts her to STOP(gay marraige OVER in NM!)

AF via SFgate ^ | 2/20/04 | Susan Montoya Bryan

[I_Love_My_Husband]

Dozens of gay and lesbian couples arrived in this rural town Friday to get married after a county clerk announced she would grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples, but the offer was soon revoked.

The Sandoval County clerk's office granted licenses to 26 same-sex couples before New Mexico attorney general Patricia Madrid issued a late afternoon opinion saying the licenses were "invalid under state law."

[I_Love_My_Husband]

Yay. It's OVER in New Mexico!

[I_Love_My_Husband]

Where's the governator now?

[Agnes Heep]

Marriage is a privilege granted to one man and one woman to facilitate the begetting and rearing of children. It's not a game of "house" for faggots.

[Credo]

The governator doesn't have jurisdiction over the SF mess in California. The AG does.

[sinkspur]

It's the AG's job to enforce the law. Bill Lockyer is not doing his job in California.

[rdb3]

Good.

[woofie]

Marraige is also a way to entice a man to get a mortgage that he cant afford

[dpa5923]

I am gonna quote you. That is a great line. You may want to read this as well: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1082190/posts

Not as straight spoken as your line, but basically the same point.

[ancient_geezer]

"This is not OK. We deserve rights," shouted Carolyn Ford, angrily pointing a finger while holding a bouquet of red and white roses.

LOL, if its a "Right", what is a license for?

Merriam-Webster "license":

• "a permission granted by competent authority to engage in a business or occupation or in an activity otherwise unlawful "

Are they now admitting that the activities they engage in are unlawful, and must look to government to allow them to engage in their bedroom passtimes?

[mhking]

"This is not OK. We deserve rights,"

You have rights. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Gay marriage ain't one of those rights.

Now if California would just enforce the damn law instead of playing pattycake with Gavin Newsom...

Just damn.

If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[Agnes Heep]

I am gonna quote you. That is a great line.

Thanks for your confidence!

[farmfriend]

Now if California would just enforce the damn law instead of playing pattycake with Gavin Newsom...

Amen!

[Tanniker Smith]

"This is not OK. We deserve rights," shouted Carolyn Ford

Carolyn has the same right to marry any man that will have her as every other woman does. Can she cook? Hell, maybe she can come by here after my wife wises up and leaves.

TS
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[Slings and Arrows]

"This is not OK. We deserve rights," shouted Carolyn Ford, angrily pointing a finger while holding a bouquet of red and white roses.

Madam, you have the right to marry. You may marry any man outside your immediate family who will take you to wife, and I wish you happiness. You cannot marry another woman because the laws of logical causality have not yet been revoked. Good day.

[CyberAnt]

I'ts not up to Arnold .. it's up to the DEMOCRAT Attorney General ..?? THAT'S WHO'S DOING NOTHING!!

[Libloather]

A spokeswoman said Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson was opposed to same-sex marriage.

RATS going against the demands of their supporters? Doesn't sound good - especially during an election year...

[Slings and Arrows]

Isn't there a legal way to force him to act - a writ of mandamus, or somesuch? (Obviously, IANAL.)

[Old Sarge]

Marraige is also a way to entice a man to get a mortgage that he cant afford

Or bleed him dry for alimony/support.

Legal extortion.

[longtermmemmory]

Seems like a Rhino was exposed. What would drive this woman to do this?

[Southack]

"A spokeswoman said Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson was opposed to same-sex marriage. "The governor has always been a champion for human rights. He supports equal rights and opposes all forms of discrimination. However, he is opposed to same-sex marriage," said Marsha Catron."

As predicted here, Richardson would act immediately to stop gay marriages...thus giving the Democrats feigned "credibility" in an election year for being "against" gay marriages.

This now makes New Mexico's governor the #1 frontrunner for the Dems' VP candidacy slot this year...bumping him *above* Hillary.

It's professional politics, and these stunts are all a complete sham.

Notice that the clerk who made this gay marriage decision waited until the New Mexico legislature ended yesterday for the rest of the year. Notice how she first claimed that she made her decision regardless of politics, only to later claim that she wanted her county to be ahead of the national curve as gay marriages swept through our country.

Notice that the gay lobby isn't denouncing the Democrats for suddenly being "against" gay marriage.

This was a wink, wink, nod, nod head fake. It was a setup from moment one, and your humble Southack *TOLD* you precisely what Governor Richardson was going to do even before he did it.

By having Richardson as an option for their VP candidacy, the Dems can now neuter the gay marriage issue if the polls tell them that "the people" otherwise don't trust the Dems on the gay marriage issue. All that they have to do is to nominate Richardson, and he can point out that he "stopped" gay marriage in his state. Poof! The Dems can suddenly claim to be against gay marriage with some level of feigned credibility.

...And that's what this little event was all about. It was a setup to show that a Democrat was against gay marriage, just as Bill Clinton's 1992 execution of a retarded Arkansas inmate was a setup to feign that Democrats were tough on crime.

Same scam, and lots of people will still buy this scam in a variety of different ways (e.g. claiming that Pubbies aren't doing "enough" against gay marriage, etc.).