Oregon county bans all marriageTuesday, March 23, 2004 Posted: 11:58 PM EST (0458 GMT)
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) -- In a new twist in the battle over same-sex marriage roiling the United States, a county in Oregon has banned all marriages -- gay and heterosexual -- until the state decides who can and who cannot wed.
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"It may seem odd," Benton County Commissioner Linda Modrell told Reuters in a telephone interview, but "we need to treat everyone in our county equally...."
Curiouser and curiouser.
― Kingfish Cowboy (Kingfish), Wednesday, 24 March 2004 05:56 (twenty-two years ago)
They should make that retroactive, arrest all married couples in the county, and then usher in an orgy of antisocial destruction (because that's what those activist judges REALLY WANT).
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 24 March 2004 14:02 (twenty-two years ago)
..b-b-but what about the children? We need to protect American families!
― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 24 March 2004 14:25 (twenty-two years ago)
Preserve them in Amber. Future generations (IE after the Rapture) will need their leadership.
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 24 March 2004 14:38 (twenty-two years ago)
I may have to rethink my "Oregon is really scary in an insular St. Paul suburban way" opinions.
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 24 March 2004 14:51 (twenty-two years ago)
Entertainment Tonight anchor Bob Goen marries HGTV host Marianne Curan
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Entertainment Tonight anchor Bob Goen married Home & Garden Television show host Marianne Curan in a private ceremony.
About 60 family members and friends attended the ceremony at a private home in Southern California, said Goen’s publicist, Lee Wallman.
Curan, who hosts the HGTV show Landscaper’s Challenge, wore a dress she designed created by stylists Karen Mann and Kris Saints. Goen wore a custom-made cream sports coat and camel slacks by designer Rick Pallack.
The Saturday evening ceremony was officiated by a friend of the couple, David Katzner, who was ordained online, Wallman said.
Goen’s best man was his nine-year-old son from a previous marriage, and the ring bearer was the couple’s dog, Stogie.
This is the second marriage for both Curan and Goen.
― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 24 March 2004 15:06 (twenty-two years ago)
I've been wondering for some time when the "last straw" will come along to really put me over the edge. That wedding story above might just be it. The world sure is a wacky place.
― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Wednesday, 24 March 2004 16:29 (twenty-two years ago)
So the tourists flocking into Oregon to get married aren't going to be tempted by the wonders of Corvallis, but will instead head on to Portland? I guess I can live with that.
― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 24 March 2004 16:35 (twenty-two years ago)
I don't see how their marriage is going to last if they can't be bothered to coordinate their belts.
― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 24 March 2004 16:38 (twenty-two years ago)