I'd be willing to bet that the judge and public defander we both democratic and we making a fairly good point about the idiodic admendment...
Adam H On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 11:08:05 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Republican legal activist morons! > > Judge: Ohio Gay Marriage Ban Affects Law > Wednesday, March 23, 2005 10:47 p.m. ET > By CONNIE MABIN Associated Press Writer > > CLEVELAND (AP) -- Domestic violence charges cannot be filed against > unmarried people because of Ohio's new constitutional amendment > banning gay marriage, a judge ruled Wednesday. > > SNIP > > Burk, 42, is accused of slapping and pushing his live-in girlfriend > during a January argument over a pack of cigarettes. > > His public defender, David Magee, had asked the judge to throw out the > charge because of the new wording in Ohio's constitution that > prohibits any state or local law that would "create or recognize a > legal status for relationships of unmarried individuals." > > Before the amendment, courts applied the domestic violence law by > defining a family as including an unmarried couple living together as > would a husband and wife, the judge said. The gay marriage amendment > no longer allows that. > > http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section=Breaking&storyId=1009020&tw=wn_wire_story > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:151685 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
