On Feb 19, 2004, at 4:11 PM, Eva Young wrote:
Apparently San Francisco has made $250,000 on marriage liscenses since Mayor Gavin Newsome decided to allow gay couple to get marriage liscenses. This is just since Valentine's day.
Seems like this might be something the City of Minneapolis should consider rather than all this corporate welfare.
It would also be a way for Rybak to build some bridges with the gay community.
The Minnesota state legislature, not the His Honor Rybak, has the authority to pass laws on the subject of marriage. In some states, the judiciary thinks they are members of the legislative branch and can read same sex marriage into just about anything they want, in the most recent case, a 200 year old document and throwing out 6000 years of human history - because they say so. There is at least one mayor in this country - Gavin "I Am The Law" Newsom - who thinks he can supercede state law, as with any number of Lord High Magistrates. It will get very ugly if local officials sell out their citizens for a few shekels.
Then again, the left nor the right could give a damn about the constitution when it suits their purposes.
Neal Krasnoff Loring Park
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