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To: syriacus
It's a better argument than the "semi-colon instead of the word 'or' argument" used by the judge to refuse to halt the marriages.
San Francisco Superior Court Judge James Warren said he could not rule on a motion brought by the Proposition 22 Legal Defense and Education Fund because of a punctuation error.

The group wants the judge to stop the city from issuing more marriage licenses to same-sex couples and invalidate the gay marriages that have taken place.

The judge said the group appears to be entitled to a stay, eventually. But he would not halt the marriages until the group writes its proposed court order correctly. It all came down to a semicolon.

"The way you've written this, it has a semicolon where it should have the word 'or,'" Warren said. "I don't have the authority to issue it under these circumstances."


7 posted on 02/18/2004 9:54:41 PM PST by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: FreedomCalls
Unbelievable. The gay marriage licences have white out all over them, but this snooty nit-picker is throwing the petition back in the faces of the Legal and Education Fund over a semi colon. What did he think he was supposed to be doing? Grading an essay?

Lemme guess - Judge Warren is a liberal.

16 posted on 02/18/2004 10:15:27 PM PST by 3catsanadog (When anything goes, everything does.)
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