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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 02:29 PM Original message |
Barker, N.Y. Town Clerk Quits her Job Rather Than Sign Marriage Licenses For Gay Couples |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. good |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. Good, the dinosaur needed to go. Good riddance. n/t |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'll agree with her.... |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
50. hmm... |
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queerart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:13 AM Response to Reply #50 |
70. You Made My Day...... |
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Ineeda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. Laura was free to do her job according to the law or to quit |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. Fine with me. Later. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
6. There are two wonderful results to this..... |
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Flying Dream Blues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. To Ms. Fortusky: Freedom to keep your religion out of our government. |
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pennylane100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. Maybe she will get hired by the Bachmann campaign. |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 04:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
44. She can apply for a position |
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Zephie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
9. kthxbai! |
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TheDebbieDee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. Bye, 8itch! Don't let the door hit you and all that! |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
11. What does the job pay? Is it elective or appointed? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
12. Cool! When's the retirement party? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
13. OK! |
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JAnthony (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
14. Tiny Barker, NY Population 538 people How many ???? |
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brendan120678 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 07:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
64. There are multiple Barkers in NY. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
15. Her freedom of religion does not give her the authority to deny other peoples' rights |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:02 AM Response to Reply #15 |
66. Actually, it does, just not in her {blessedly former} capacity as an agent of the town. |
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MsPithy (325 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
16. How dare the Constitution not protect her right to discriminate! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:04 AM Response to Reply #16 |
67. Actually, it does. It just doesn't give government a right to discriminate. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. Don't go away mad, Ms. Fotusky |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 03:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Perhaps we should e-mail her some "fundy mind teasers" such as: |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 03:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. !!!! LOL !!! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:05 AM Response to Reply #23 |
68. Or Adam with all his ribs? (Mmmm. Ribs) |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
57. ROFL |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:29 AM Response to Reply #17 |
72. So she should try to be gayer? |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
18. Since when do civil servants get to ignore laws they don't like? |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Just apply to the Bartleby Scrivener Office Temps agency. (NT) |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
51. She can't pick and choose...so she quit. Good riddance to rubbish. nt! |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
81. It is very difficult these days to get a job that doesn't violate Leviticus |
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libmom74 (577 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
19. Good. Now someone that needs a job who |
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redwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. 'Zactly! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:08 AM Response to Reply #19 |
69. See? And we thought Republicans were incapable of creating any jobs. |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
20. Perfect! |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
21. Intolerance is not a religion, nor is intolerance Constitutional. nt |
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louslobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
22. Good, now she can crawl back under her rock with her bigotry and hatred and alleged religious |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
24. Don't let the door smack your fat ass on the way out. |
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Betty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
26. I hope she's not expecting to collect unemployment |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
27. don't let the door..... |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
28. Ta Ta Bigot! |
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Chipper Chat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
30. She was told by Marcus Bachmann that you can easily catch "teh gay" |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
31. some town in Uganda is probably looking for a town clerk |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
32. Good. If you don't want to do your job, you should resign. n/t |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
33. She did the right thing by quitting. If her personal beliefs didn't allow |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:57 AM Response to Reply #33 |
73. No, it's a selective "I'm being persecuted" - her religion calls those who |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #73 |
76. I don't care what the internal beliefs of her group are. The external |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #76 |
82. I'm 99% certain there will be a lawsuit - financed by NOM - don't forget |
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Frisbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
34. She was just looking for her 15 minutes of fame... |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
35. My personal religious convictions |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #35 |
60. "are in bigger demand than either Christians or Lions." |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 07:14 AM Response to Reply #60 |
63. I forgot they were still an NFL team. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
37. Good. The country clerk is supposed to obey the law, not write the law. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
38. Was there some huge influx of same-sex couples into Barker, N.Y. (pop. 2,738)? |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
39. Good one job opening for a gay person or a progressive - goodbye igit |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
40. page not found |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
41. Get your resumes in people. A job has just opened up |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
42. Good for her... |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
43. Well what can I say. Good. |
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ladywnch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
45. good riddance! one less rethug in office. n/t |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
46. News |
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Cereal Kyller (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
47. Odd |
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LarryNM (130 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
48. These Bigots and Bullies Wouldn't Even Be Noticed |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
49. Good |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
52. I resepct this and wish more would follow that example |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
53. Good - give the job to a gay person. n/t |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
54. Hope the door didn't slam Ms. Fotusky squarely in the ass as she left: |
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BigDemVoter (169 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
55. Good-Fucking-Riddance |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
56. Your functional responsibilities as Town Clerk have nothing to do with your personal beliefs |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
58. I have to say, good for her!! |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
59. good riddance |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
61. don't let the door...well, come to think of it, go ahead and let the door hit ya! n/t |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
62. And nothing of value was lost. n/t |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
65. Sorry, Laura. There's no Constitutional right to discriminate if you work for government. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
71. Seems fine to me |
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buckrogers1965 (515 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
74. Probably fired. |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Technically no... |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
77. THis is exactly why we have ledgislatures that make laws |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
78. buh bye asshole |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
79. the anti-gay industry has plenty of employment for people like her n/t |
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kick-ass-bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
80. Hope she didn't have to sign a warrant for a killer who might be put to death. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
83. I had a clerk refuse a registration for a common law marriage for me. |
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