Lawless NYS Mayor charged with 19 counts

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Lawless NYS Mayor charged with 19 counts

#1 Postby stormraiser » Tue Mar 02, 2004 5:14 pm

A New Paltz Mayor is charged for allowing and overseeing same sex marriages last Friday

N.Y. Gay-Marriage Mayor Charged With 19 Counts



Tuesday, March 02, 2004


NEW PALTZ, N.Y. ? The mayor of New Paltz, N.Y., has been charged with 19 criminal counts for marrying same-sex couples.



Mayor Jason West (search) last Thursday said it was his moral duty to marry homosexual couples. He issued marriage certificates to 25 gay couples.

Ulster County District Attorney Donald Williams on Tuesday lodged 19 counts of "solemnizing a marriage without a license" against West.
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#2 Postby mf_dolphin » Tue Mar 02, 2004 5:42 pm

This is no different from the Judge that refused to remove the 10 Commandments. When you willingly break the law you deserved to be charged.
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#3 Postby stormraiser » Tue Mar 02, 2004 6:01 pm

Yes, but the State Attorney General wouldn't get involved, because of a possible threat to his bid for the governorship next year. :eek:
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#4 Postby GalvestonDuck » Tue Mar 02, 2004 6:36 pm

The state AG would be justified if he got involved. The mayor married couples who didn't have marriage licenses. He broke the law.
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#5 Postby stormraiser » Wed Mar 03, 2004 10:10 pm

Right, Duck, but his political aspirations are clouding his vision. He said it is up to the courts do decide.
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#6 Postby wx247 » Wed Mar 03, 2004 10:42 pm

stormraiser wrote:Right, Duck, but his political aspirations are clouding his vision. He said it is up to the courts do decide.


Can you charge the attorney general for not doing his job? I am not trying to be stupid... I am serious, like dirlection of duty?
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#7 Postby streetsoldier » Thu Mar 04, 2004 9:43 am

Think of it..."Gay marriage is an affirmation of the equal protection clause of the Constitution...True or Paltz?" :roll:
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