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  • Editorial: A special valentine - Yolo clerk takes stand for marriage equality

    02/13/2007 8:10:35 AM PST · by SmithL · 51 replies · 762+ views
    Sacramento Bee ^ | 2/13/7 | Editor
    Court rulings (to date) prevent Yolo County Clerk Freddie Oakley from issuing marriage certificates to gay couples. But if any such couples happen to come by on Valentine's Day, Oakley will have something else ready for them. She plans to prepare so-called "Certificates of Inequality." They read in part: "I issue this Certificate of Inequality to you because your choice of marriage partner displeases some people whose displeasure is, apparently, more important than principles of equality." Oakley's certificates are sure to please and displease the two warring factions of the gay marriage movement. And they raise some questions about the...