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If the religious nut cases were serious about "protecting marriage", they wouldn't be sooo concerned about same-sex marriages-unions, I may add, that do not effect them at all.
What they should be concerned about is adultery! Do they know how many times the bible talks about, and...
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According to this story on Bakersfield.com, Kern County's first same-sex married couple has been denied changing their names on their passports. The reason given by the Department of State, which handles passports? It violates the Federal Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as between...
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A majority of Central Valley voters support a ballot initiative banning same-sex marriage but they may not get their way in November because statewide, more folks oppose it.
That’s according to a Field Poll released Friday that found 51 percent of likely voters statewide say...
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Kern County's top administrator, Ron Errea, has done his own cost analysis of what ending civil marriages in the county clerk's office saves taxpayers: $171 a year.
That's a far cry from the $18,000 County Clerk Ann Barnett projected when she stopped office-performed weddings after the...
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PLEASE IGNORE THESE IF YOU'VE HAD ENOUGH OF GAY MARRIAGE, but Bakersfield and Kern County have come in for some stick over this issue.
Nowhere is this more pronounced than in the murky waters of the blocean (just made that word up).
Anyway, here are a couple of blogs using the gay marriage...
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So, gay marriage day passed without incident and had it not been for the hordes of media it may have passed without notice!
Check out this great bakersfield.com video of the media presence here.
It's a bit disappointing, not that the day passed without incident, that was nice, but what on earth...
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Man, do we take some punches from comedian and radio personality Harrison on Advocate.com today. He obviously came to see the first day of gay marriage here.
He starts out calling us the "8,000 square mile backwoods county of Kern" — and he's not just talking geography —...
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Gay marriage is on a lot of people's minds today.
And, at least for the wedding party, it will improve their minds' health, according to some psychiatrists.
For Gay Marriage Day '08, I dug this story out of Psychiatric Times:
Numerous studies exploring the relationship between mental health...
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Today is bittersweet for me. As gay and lesbian couples up and down California promise to love one another 'til death do they part, I am both rejoicing for them and mourning my own broken promises. This day, which I had always looked forward to, is not for me. Rather than joining the throngs on...
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Well, we didn't get the wrong day. It's getting busier by the second out here. No protesters.
We spoke to a couple who'd come to reaffirm their vows after 28 years of marriage.
Their story is here.
If normalcy is what everyone out here was hoping for, that's what they've got. So far.
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I want to share a story very few people know about me.
Ever since puberty I knew I was gay. However, it wasn’t until several years later before I came to terms with my sexual preference.
When I was in the ninth grade, I was a total outsider at my school. My family had moved to a...
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Thursday afternoon I checked the mailbox, and to my surprise I found a letter from the Recall Ken Weir group. I was so excited. As some of you know, I have been very anxious to sign the petition for his recall.
During the time I've waited for the petition, I have had a chance to...
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This time tomorrow gay couples will be picking up their marriage licenses at the county clerk's office.
Or will Ann Barnett's employees call in sick?
As much as gay couples and supporters would hope, it's not going to be a normal day. The media circus (us included) will be there too. One would...
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She speaks!
Embattled Auditor-Controller-County Clerk Ann Barnett talked to the L.A. Times Thursday about her decision to end all civil marriages in her office. Here's today's story:
Kern County clerk stung by criticism of her decision to halt civil weddings at her offices
Ann...
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Local TV tries to find Ann Barnett.
Then the police are called!
Watch the TV new show here.
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This is being circulated by Ken Mettler of the Bakersfield Republican Assembly:
Action Alert for All Kern County Citizens
June 12, 2008
Please forward to everyone you know
HOW TO PROTECT TRADIONAL MARRIAGE IN KERN COUNTY
On June 10, the Kern County Board of Supervisors received...
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Newsom Offers To Staff Butte, Kern County Weddings
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5 / KCBS) ― San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom said he would go to Butte or Kern County himself to marry gay and lesbian couples, if those counties truly do not have enough staff to perform same-sex ceremonies next week.
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Calling our county clerk a "bureaucratic weenie," columnist Patt Morrison writes that Bakersfield has an opportunity to become a real "gay mecca."
Read her column, "Aisle Denial in Bakersfield" here.
She references lots of our stories which is nice.
We're kind of...
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KPPC talk show host Patt Morrison did a radio segment today called "Marry-Go-Round" in which she talked to three county clerks (Contra Costa, Butte and Merced) and Bakersfield Californian county government reporter James Burger. Apparently Kern County's own clerk, Ann Barnett, wasn't...
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This is our first dispatch out of today's Board of Supervisors meeting. What do you think of the idea? Is it worth getting sued over?
Opponents of gay marriage Tuesday called for Kern County supervisors to pass an ordinance denying licenses to gay couples in the county.
Supervisors took no...
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A column in the Los Angeles Times talks about Kern's gay marriage issue and argues that Ann Barnett's decision to stop performing civil marriages highlights the ideological extremes within California.
Read the column here.
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Not an hour ago we said we were tired of the gay marriage issue, but it would be remiss of us not to pass along this story from the L.A. Times.
There's nothing new in it, but it quotes a couple of our bloggers.
We're sure your checks are in the mail!
(And here's a local TV news video on Ann...
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Has anyone else had enough Ann Barnett and the gay marriage issue?
The cost of gas has also been discussed to death.
But what about the weather. It's forecast to be 99 degrees today. At last, something else to talk about!
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Queeristan says it's time to "lawyer up."
Box Turtle Bulletin says County Clerk Ann Barnett is not honest.
Whitney Weddell tells KGET Barnett threw a temper tantrum.
Good As You calls Barnett's actions "homo-hostility."
Haven't found any blogs out there yet that support...
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After some initial confusion Wednesday night as to what Kern County is going to do with gay marriage (our misunderstanding, not a county flip flop), the bottom line now is that the county clerk's office will cease performing all ceremonies as of June 13.
Here's the statement from...
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We're absolutely positive Ann Barnett's decision to stop solemnizing all marriages in the County Clerk's office on June 13 had nothing to do with the fact that the gays would be arriving in her building on June 17.
A mere coincidence surely.
(that's Ann on the left on the photo)
Barnett's...
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Kern County will perform both same-sex and traditional marriages beginning June 17, County Counsel Bernard Barmann said this afternoon.
"There's going to be a landslide of people, we think, in the gay community coming forward for weddings," Barmann said.
A few hours later,...
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Kern officials mulling latest gay marriage ruling
Staff and wire reports | Wednesday, Jun 4 2008 12:22 PM
Kern County officials said today they are discussing the latest gay marriage ruling with attorneys and will have word later on their plans for issuing same-sex marriage licenses.
They...
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Conservatives and religious groups weren't able to stop California's path to gay marriage, yet.
Read the story here.
So come June 17, gays can get married in California.
However, an initiative that would amend the state constitution to ban gay marriage has qualified for November ballot and if...
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That's it!! I remained silent through the first article. Now I have had it with Marylee Shrider trying to use ancient, old hat rhetoric and terms like "judicial tyranny" from the late '30's (*see article below) to shove her religious views down my throat! Yes,...
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A new poll has found that more California voters now support allowing same-sex marriage than oppose it.
Wednesday's results mark the first time in over three decades of polling by the Field Poll that more California voters have approved of extending marriage to gay couples than have disapproved....
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This news was reported yesterday by the Associated Press:
The Los Angeles city attorney said Monday that county workers authorized to perform marriage ceremonies must be willing to conduct same-sex marriages under last week's landmark court ruling, regardless of their personal views on...
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The California Supreme Court has just overturned a voter-approved ban on gay marriage, paving the way for the state to become the second in the United States where gay and lesbian residents can marry.
The justices released the 4-3 decision earlier Thursday, saying that domestic partnerships are...
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Being a believer in God (I am Baptist), I think marriage should be only between a man and a woman. Gay marriage should be outlawed!
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Today, I read that NJ Clergy are not required to perform civil unions. That was the first time that I had seen New Jersey announce its' decision to allow unions versus marriages.
As a gay man who, having recently relocated here to Bakersfield, I am feeling the obvious strain of...
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