Schwarzenegger urged to arrest S.F. mayor
Group says Newsom should face prison for false marriage licenses
Posted: February 17, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern
2004 WorldNetDaily.com
A Christian legal group wants California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to arrest
the mayor of San Francisco for issuing nearly 2,000 marriage licenses to
homosexual couples in defiance of state law.
The American Family Association Center for Law and Policy called Mayor Gavin
Newsom's decision to oversee the nation's first officially sanctioned same-sex
weddings Thursday "an arrogant stunt" proving "the radical homosexual movement
will trample the rights of all who stand in their way."
The AFA's law center wrote Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Bill Lockyer
Friday insisting the mayor not only violated civil law, but criminal law as
well.
The letter cites California's penal code Section 115, which "prohibits the
knowing procurement of any false or forged instrument to be filed or recorded
in any public office."
The penalty for the felony, the letter notes, is up to three years in prison.
The AFA says this means three years for each false certificate issued.
With the clerk's office kept open over the weekend, more than 1,700 same-sex
couples have been issued licenses since Thursday, when the city became the site
of the first officially sanctioned "gay marriage" in American history.
Opponents of same-sex marriage are confident they will convince San Francisco
Superior Court Judge Ronald Quidachay to issue a temporary restraining order
after a hearing this morning.
The motion filed on behalf of the pro-family lobby group Campaign for
California Families by the public-interest firms Lively & Ackerman and Liberty
Counsel presents an "irrefutable argument" that Newsom and Clerk Nancy Alfaro
had no authority to redefine marriage in direct conflict with California law,
asserted the group's president and general counsel Mathew Staver.
"The rule of law will be restored in California," Staver said. "The mayor and
the clerk have no right to act as tyrants, ruling San Francisco as their
personal dictatorship."
The Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund sought an emergency hearing Friday
afternoon but was rejected for failing to give defendants the 24-hours notice
required by law.
A hearing in ADF's lawsuit also will be held today.
Newsom argues homosexuals should be able to marry based on the California
Constitution's guarantee of equal protection under the law. The 36-year-old
mayor, who began his term Jan. 8, insists he merely is fulfilling his duty.
"I'm not interested as a mayor in moving forward with a separate but unequal
process for people to engage in marriages," Newsom said Friday on ABC's "Good
Morning America." "The people of this city and certainly around the state are
feeling that separate but unequal doesn't make sense."
But the Alliance Defense Fund – representing state Sen. William Knight,
author of a successful state ballot-measure that limited marriage to a man and
a woman – argues the San Francisco County Clerk has no authority under the
state's constitution to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
"This isn't civil disobedience on the mayor's part; its sheer unfettered
anarchy and complete disdain for the rule of law," ADF chief counsel Benjamin
Bull said. "No mayor, not even the mayor of San Francisco, has the authority to
defy the laws of the state in which they reside."
The statutes under the family code specify marriage is reserved to a man and a
woman, and Bull points out no court has declared that section to be
unconstitutional.
"Officials charged with solemnizing marriages must enforce those statutes on
constitutional grounds when issuing marriage licenses, regardless of what
[Mayor] Newsom orders them to do," said Bull.
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| User: "Saint Isidore of Laytonville" |
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17 Feb 2004 12:58:06 PM |
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If he does that -- there would be such a city riot
by the homosexuals in SF-- it might destroy much
of the Castro area!
I predict the mayor will not be arrested over this
and that the marrages will continue on in record
numbers -- for months!
Everybody has equal rights and they are simply showing it now.
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| User: "sUSAn B Anthony" |
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17 Feb 2004 09:31:42 PM |
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As long as they aren't having sex on the front lawn......and knocking on
my door to convince me to go to the "gay church", I've not got a problem
with it!
And let's face it. Do you really think they have been saving themselves
for marriage all these years? hah? Do you think they have kept separate
residences up to this point? hah?
They have already gone thru all the motions except for the part on
paper.
It really shouldn't have any effect on the average "you and me".
"Me" in Florida! ;)
sUSAn
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| User: "Dani" |
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18 Feb 2004 09:34:35 AM |
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On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 22:31:42 -0500 (EST),
(sUSAn B Anthony) wrote:
As long as they aren't having sex on the front lawn......and knocking on
my door to convince me to go to the "gay church", I've not got a problem
with it!
You go Sista! LOL! (don't mind me...morning coffee overload ;)
I um agreeee with you're poast
wallette
And let's face it. Do you really think they have been saving themselves
for marriage all these years? hah? Do you think they have kept separate
residences up to this point? hah?
They have already gone thru all the motions except for the part on
paper.
It really shouldn't have any effect on the average "you and me".
Right.
"Me" in Florida! ;)
And me in that God awful Massachusetts .. ;)
sUSAn
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| User: "Woodswun" |
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17 Feb 2004 05:02:52 PM |
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In article <20040217135806.12942.00002503@mb-m02.aol.com>, cturley2@aol.comWOMPWOMP (Saint Isidore of Laytonville) wrote:
If he does that -- there would be such a city riot
by the homosexuals in SF-- it might destroy much
of the Castro area!
I predict the mayor will not be arrested over this
and that the marrages will continue on in record
numbers -- for months!
I very much doubt if California has a law making it a criminal act for a mayor
to disregard state laws that may have come under question in regards to
consitutionality. Unless his behavior is deemed to be criminal, there is
no crime for the police to charge him with.
Woods
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| User: "christisdore" |
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17 Feb 2004 08:35:14 PM |
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(Woodswun) wrote in message news:<w4xYb.75939$%72.1605@twister.nyroc.rr.com>...
In article <20040217135806.12942.00002503@mb-m02.aol.com>, cturley2@aol.comWOMPWOMP (Saint Isidore of Laytonville) wrote:
If he does that -- there would be such a city riot
by the homosexuals in SF-- it might destroy much
of the Castro area!
I predict the mayor will not be arrested over this
and that the marrages will continue on in record
numbers -- for months!
I very much doubt if California has a law making it a criminal act for a mayor
to disregard state laws that may have come under question in regards to
consitutionality. Unless his behavior is deemed to be criminal, there is
no crime for the police to charge him with.
Should be interesting. A court ruling might be appealed, and taken to
the CA supreme court.
Woods
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| User: "Woodswun" |
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18 Feb 2004 04:58:34 PM |
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In article <f6a87778.0402171835.5e31363a@posting.google.com>, (christisdore) wrote:
woodswun@tepidmail.com (Woodswun) wrote in message
news:<w4xYb.75939$%72.1605@twister.nyroc.rr.com>...
In article <20040217135806.12942.00002503@mb-m02.aol.com>,
cturley2@aol.comWOMPWOMP (Saint Isidore of Laytonville) wrote:
If he does that -- there would be such a city riot
by the homosexuals in SF-- it might destroy much
of the Castro area!
I predict the mayor will not be arrested over this
and that the marrages will continue on in record
numbers -- for months!
I very much doubt if California has a law making it a criminal act for a
mayor
to disregard state laws that may have come under question in regards to
consitutionality. Unless his behavior is deemed to be criminal, there is
no crime for the police to charge him with.
Should be interesting. A court ruling might be appealed, and taken to
the CA supreme court.
I happen to be of the opinion that *every* law should be tested right up through
the US Supreme Court, so I'm all for appealing any decisions on this, regardless
of which way it goes! (It should also be quite entertaining to see politicos
squirming around/through/with the issue).
;-)
Woods
Woods
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| User: "no" |
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17 Feb 2004 07:39:09 PM |
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cturley2@aol.comWOMPWOMP (Saint Isidore of Laytonville) wrote in message news:<20040217135806.12942.00002503@mb-m02.aol.com>...
If he does that -- there would be such a city riot
by the homosexuals in SF-- it might destroy much
of the Castro area!
I predict the mayor will not be arrested over this
and that the marrages will continue on in record
numbers -- for months!
Everybody has equal rights and they are simply showing it now.
Seems funny. Making the news though.
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| User: "Woodswun" |
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17 Feb 2004 04:57:40 PM |
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In article <20040217082324.21982.00001604@mb-m22.aol.com>, (TonyZ2001) wrote:
Schwarzenegger urged to arrest S.F. mayor
Group says Newsom should face prison for false marriage licenses
Posted: February 17, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern
2004 WorldNetDaily.com
A Christian legal group wants California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to arrest
the mayor of San Francisco for issuing nearly 2,000 marriage licenses to
homosexual couples in defiance of state law.
The American Family Association Center for Law and Policy called Mayor Gavin
Newsom's decision to oversee the nation's first officially sanctioned same-sex
weddings Thursday "an arrogant stunt" proving "the radical homosexual movement
will trample the rights of all who stand in their way."
Only in California would someone consider getting a marriage license to be
"radical".
Woods
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