Lockyer rejects halt to nuptials He dismisses governor's as a political ploy (CA RATS ALERT)

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 2/21/04 | Nanett Asimov & Ryan Kim

[I_Love_My_Husband]

State Attorney General Bill Lockyer on Saturday rebuffed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's demand that he force an end to San Francisco's same-sex marriages, calling the directive political rhetoric.

"The governor can direct the Highway Patrol. He can direct the next 'Terminator 4' movie if he chooses. But he can't direct the attorney general in the way he's attempted to do," Lockyer said, adding that Schwarzenegger's written directive "was a statement designed for consumption at the Republican convention."

[King Prout]

go take over Cochise County... from what I hear, they need all the extra manpower and firepower they can get right now.

[I_Love_My_Husband]

Yes, I believe so. You know that Newsom waived all fees for the gays right?

Of course, because they're special, and deserve those special rights.

Meanwhile a couple of years ago DH and I went there to get married (took weeks to do, appointments, etc) and had to cough up a lot of $$$ (and when you have SF rents it is HARD to cough up extra $$$).

But, we're straights, we're not "special" with "special rights".

[sfRummygirl]

they are some nice lookin boys, huh?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Kooligan's name comes to mind!

He now is running for the US Senate against Boxer!

[Salvation]

for Lockyer

The Catechism of the Catholic Church.

Do a search for homosexuality.

2357 Homosexuality refers to relations between men or between women who experience an exclusive or predominant sexual attraction toward persons of the same sex. It has taken a great variety of forms through the centuries and in different cultures. Its psychological genesis remains largely unexplained. Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that "homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered." They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved.

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[onyx]

I'll survive in air-conditioning in the summer and I don't mind the heat or the humidity, but husband does.

As for my hairdo... the humidity merely curls it. Not bad.

[longtermmemmory]

The supreme court will not have to act if the FMA is adopted. The FMA means Ginsberg and O'Connor will never have a chance to repeat their lawrence performance.

[pollywog]

The governor can't terminate the AG or his position. He is an elected official. You cann recall him, though.

THEN RECALL HIM WE WILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[patriciaruth]

Seriously, what's everyone doing on Ash Wednesday?

We've got advanced sale tickets to a matinee of Passion of the Christ, and then we're going to the Ash Wednesday service.

[King Prout]

Dell Workstation, running dual 2gHz Intel Xeons with 4GB RDRAM... (I just installed the upgrades last week)

[sfRummygirl]

Oh....I hope you're ok. You poor kid.

[300winmag]

Lockyer would not be so lax about this if a mayor were giving out guns, now would he?

We're starting to see whole flocks of chickens coming home to roost due to legal casusistry of liberal courts.

Liberal state supreme court justices in MA order the legislature (a clear violation of their separation of powers) to legalize gay marraige. Then they use the "full faith and credit" clause in the US Constitution to force the other states to also legalize queer marriage, even if the people don't want it. In fact, I doubt even the liberal population of MA wants this, but who the hell cares what people think when judges rule?

What's to keep the Vermont SC from stating that since the state does not require CCW permits, under "full faith and credit", all concealed weapons laws in the other 49 states and DC are illegal, and everybody gets to carry concealed? (A good idea, but not by that highly unlikely method of implementation).

And just think how much fun we'd have if a state court used the "principles of foreign jurisprudence" and "compelling state interest", invented last year by the liberal majority of the US Supreme Court, as a basis for tearing something down, or implementing something else.

We're entering an era of lawless courts that recognize no limits on their powers, or separation of those powers from the other branches of governments. The liberals are snickering at this, because all of this crap is just one big liberal wet dream that could not be implemented any other way. But it also carries the danger of starting a civil war, and the liberals don't have any guns.

[jwalsh07]

Thats not what your Constitution says. It says:

SECTION 1. The supreme executive power of this State is vested in the Governor. The Governor shall see that the law is faithfully executed.

Sounds like you all have got a real, honest to goodness Constitutional Crisis on your hands.

I sincerely doubt that Arnold issued his letter to the AG absent any thought to this before hand.

Interesting.

What say you Torie? :-}

[little jeremiah]

This isn't what you asked for, but it is interesting. I will keep looking for references about the judge (I guess there are two) being homosexual.

SF Superior Court Adopts Gay/Lesbian Anti-Exclusionary Policy

Posted 7/23/02

The Superior Court of San Francisco has adopted a policy prohibiting its members from activities that may give the appearance of bias based on sexual orientation. Adopting a statement drawn and unanimously approved by the Board of Directors of the Bar Association of San Francisco, the policy provides that judges should not participate as members in a chapter or branch of any organization that invidiously discriminates on the ground of sexual orientation by excluding members on the ground of their sexual orientation, unless the judge's chapter or branch has disavowed that invidiously discriminatory policy.

The policy is as follows: The Judicial Officers of the Superior Court for the County of San Francisco reaffirm their commitment to fairness, impartiality, the dignity of the Court, and the respectful treatment of all who appear before them and agree not to participate as a member of a branch or chapter of any organization that invidiously discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation by excluding members on the ground that their sexual orientation alone renders them "unclean", "immoral" or unfit", unless the chapter or branch to which the Judicial Officer belongs has disavowed that invidiously discriminatory policy.

Under the leadership of the Honorable Ronald Quidachay and the Honorable Donna Hitchens, both of the San Francisco Superior Court, this policy is effective immediately. "It has long been a tradition of the bench of this State, and in particular of the bench of the Superior Court in San Francisco, to respect the rights and dignity of all litigants and counsel who appear before it and to refrain from even the perception or appearance of any type of invidious discrimination, including discrimination based on sexual orientation. The San Francisco bench has always appreciated the diversity of its own members and of the citizens who have occasion to deal with the court system," said Judge Ronald Quidachay, Presiding Judge of the Superior Court of San Francisco. "We are pleased to have the opportunity to reconfirm that commitment."

"The Bar Association was very concerned about some of the language included in lawyers' briefs in Boy Scouts vs. Dale, as well as in subsequent cases, referring to homosexuals as not morally straight and unclean," said Angela Bradstreet, President of the Bar Association. "We are absolutely delighted that the San Francisco Superior Court bench has joined with the Bar Association of San Francisco in taking the lead on this issue of fairness, and has been so receptive to the concerns of litigants, jurors, lawyers, and other members of the San Francisco community involved with the judicial process. We are now approaching other metropolitan bar associations and local courts to ask them to follow the Superior Court's lead in ensuring that there is both perception and actuality of equality and impartiality in our court system for everyone."


70 posted on 02/20/2004 4:15:15 PM PST by BushisTheMan
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[onyx]

I don't know what mine is. Yours sounds fancier, but I have all the expensive programs installed on mine. :)

[sfRummygirl]

yeah, it probably would be silly to organize something on that day...

[little jeremiah]

Cochise County - would that be AZ or TX?

Can't stand the heat...

[patriciaruth]

Cochise, eh?

Know any nice property up for sale there. I could look into it right after my wedding.

[onyx]

That's an excellent post, Salvation, but I don't know if Lockyer claims a religion other than Left-wing.

Most democrats profess to be one religion or another, but then they vote against its teachings.