Posted on 03/16/2018 5:34:46 PM PDT by marshmallow
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday handed down the longest suspension in its history to a judge who refused to marry gay couples in the state, but stopped short of removing him from office.
Marion County Circuit Court Judge Vance Day had come to the attention of authorities after allegations he had refused to marry gay couples and had broken gun laws. In 2016, an ethics commission recommended that Day be removed from office. Instead, the court ordered Day suspended for three years.
Despite public attention garnered by Day's actions toward gay people following same-sex marriage legalization in 2014, the court said his actions weren't a factor in giving him such a long suspension. Instead, in a unanimous opinion, judges wrote that other charges against him were serious enough to eclipse the issue.
"(Day) acted dishonestly and for his own self-benefit," the court wrote in a unanimously-endorsed opinion. The opinion added that Day had knowingly lied, and that his misconduct "suggested a character that reflected poorly on his fitness to serve as a judge."
Phil Lemman, a spokesman for the Oregon Judicial Department, said the suspension was the longest in the court's history.
Phone calls and emails to Day's attorney seeking comment were not immediately returned Thursday.
In its ruling, the court only dealt with ethics charges against Day, who also faces related criminal charges.
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Where are you vacationing?
Explains a lot (but not all, of course).
Portland to Bend to Mt. Bachelor for skiing. Bend to Brookings via Crater Lake to see redwoods. Up 101 to Newport. About to head back to Columbia River Gorge and falls. Rained every day. What can you do?
HA...well in Portland you saw the worst...about the rain...well, that’s why July, August, Sept, Oct are so beautiful here...but yeah...it gets old. But, just ignore the PROGS...as obnoxious as they are, they are NOT the only ones here.
We are met many friendly people. Most have been Uber Libs. But that is OK. Like the guy who came from Kali to ski at Mt. Bachelor because of globull warming. Seriously, that’s what he told us.
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