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Related: About this forumOregon judge under investigation after refusing to perform same-sex marriages
Source: Associated Press
Oregon judge under investigation after refusing to perform same-sex marriages
Associated Press in Salem, Oregon
Saturday 5 September 2015 15.05 BST
Marion County judge Vance Day is being investigated by a judicial fitness commission in part over his refusal to perform same-sex marriages on religious grounds, a spokesman for the judge said.
When a federal court ruling in May 2014 made same-sex marriage legal in Oregon, Day instructed his staff to refer same-sex couples looking to marry to other judges, spokesman Patrick Korten said Friday.
Last fall, he decided to stop performing weddings altogether, aside from one in March that had long been scheduled, Korten said.
He made a decision nearly a year ago to stop doing weddings altogether, and the principal factor that he weighed was the pressure that one would face to perform a same-sex wedding, which he had a conflict with his religious beliefs, Korten said.
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Associated Press in Salem, Oregon
Saturday 5 September 2015 15.05 BST
Marion County judge Vance Day is being investigated by a judicial fitness commission in part over his refusal to perform same-sex marriages on religious grounds, a spokesman for the judge said.
When a federal court ruling in May 2014 made same-sex marriage legal in Oregon, Day instructed his staff to refer same-sex couples looking to marry to other judges, spokesman Patrick Korten said Friday.
Last fall, he decided to stop performing weddings altogether, aside from one in March that had long been scheduled, Korten said.
He made a decision nearly a year ago to stop doing weddings altogether, and the principal factor that he weighed was the pressure that one would face to perform a same-sex wedding, which he had a conflict with his religious beliefs, Korten said.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/05/oregon-judge-under-investigation-refusing-same-sex-marriages
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Oregon judge under investigation after refusing to perform same-sex marriages (Original Post)
Eugene
Sep 2015
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Is performing marriages manditory in his job description? If yes, then he is in trouble.
patricia92243
Sep 2015
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patricia92243
(12,595 posts)1. Is performing marriages manditory in his job description? If yes, then he is in trouble.
If no, then I would assume he can do what he chooses to do.
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)2. How would he treat a LGBT person in his court?
It goes beyond marriage and gets to serious questions about judicial integrity.
marym625
(17,997 posts)3. what a weird reply
The fact he has stopped performing all marriages because he thinks gay people are not equal shows a bias that shouldn't be allowed in a courtroom
Old Union Guy
(738 posts)4. I predict there will be lots of these cases ...
... each of them subtly different in some legalistic detail.