My thought exactly! its sounds like a textbook assault and battery case to me. So this moron might get off because he was charged with the wrong crime from now on charge people in this situation with Assault and Battery rather than domestic violence. If she was a roommate rather than a live in girlfriend what would the charges be?
-----Original Message----- From: G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:32 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Ohio Gay Marriage Ban Legalizes Domestic Violence! I dont understand...what's the big deal? It's still assault right? It's still against the law to hit someone, right? Why does it matter if it's "domestic" violence, or assault and battery? > 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:5:151555 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
