In yet another startling development in the same-sex marriage drama being played out in Oregon, officials in Roosevelt County announced last night that that tiny eastern Oregon county is suspending indefinitely the issuance of marriage licenses to prospective spouses of different genders. Until further notice, the county will issue licenses only to same-sex couples.
"We held a public meeting on this at the Springfield Grange Hall last night," explained County Chair Vern Farr. "And we decided that the time was right for some affirmative action. The heterosexuals have had a couple of millennia to get ahead on this, and so we want to give the gay couples a chance to catch up. Also, it was hot in there, and we all wanted to get to the other agenda items, like the tractor pull."
The Roosevelt County action now divides Oregon counties into four camps: the majority, which license marriage only between heterosexuals; Multnomah County, which licenses marriages between heterosexuals and homosexuals; Benton County, which has suspended issuing any marriage licenses at all; and now Roosevelt County, which licenses only same-sex marriages.
The latest resolution sets no time limit on the new Roosevelt County policy. "We'll probably revisit this again after all the vetch is in the barn," Farr predicted. "Definitely by hunting season."
The vote on the controversial measure was 2-1, with Commissioner George Hutchinson casting the dissenting vote. "I don't think there's really a problem here that needs to be remedied," he told a reporter from the cab of his flatbed truck. "Occasionally, we do get somebody trying to marry their cousin."
Comments (6)
I'm hoping your blog is a joke. Here in New Jersey, we may be in Sopranoland, but thank God, we are not Oregon.
Meanwhile, and offtopic, Jack managed another local media mention again today. Of course, it's from Phil Stanford, who has spent most of the past year destroying his own Tribune column, but press is press.
Wow. Only in Oregon would a small rural county do such a thing. In Arizona, I suspect the official policy is to pretend that homosexuals don't even exist; and in Illinois, we'll be lucky to get same-sex marriage privileges in Cook County, much less elsewhere.
I told my mother all about this and she thought it was hilarious. Affirmative action for gay couples. Wow.
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"We held a public meeting on this at the Springfield Grange Hall last night," explained County Chair Vern Farr. "And we decided that the time was right for some affirmative action. The heterosexuals have had a couple of millennia to get ahead on this, and so we want to give the gay couples a chance to catch up. Also, it was hot in there, and we all wanted to get to the other agenda items, like the tractor pull."
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I'm hoping your blog is a joke. Here in New Jersey, we may be in Sopranoland, but thank God, we are not Oregon.
Posted by brother gary | March 23, 2004 5:22 AM
Real or fake, it gave me a nice chuckle this morning.
Posted by Jason | March 23, 2004 7:06 AM
(voice of Eric Cartman, addressed to Oregon): "I hate you guys."
Posted by Scott | March 23, 2004 7:26 AM
Meanwhile, and offtopic, Jack managed another local media mention again today. Of course, it's from Phil Stanford, who has spent most of the past year destroying his own Tribune column, but press is press.
Posted by The One True b!X | March 23, 2004 8:36 AM
Wow. Only in Oregon would a small rural county do such a thing. In Arizona, I suspect the official policy is to pretend that homosexuals don't even exist; and in Illinois, we'll be lucky to get same-sex marriage privileges in Cook County, much less elsewhere.
I told my mother all about this and she thought it was hilarious. Affirmative action for gay couples. Wow.
Posted by Wes Meltzer | March 23, 2004 5:41 PM
Clue. Read alphabetically, here's a few counties in Oregon:
Multnomah
Polk
Sherman
Tillamook
Second clue: no counties in Eastern Oregon are tiny.
Posted by Jeff | March 24, 2004 10:53 AM