A Tribute to Phoenix

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/...hatter-m_n_4511778.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices


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SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) -- In the week since a federal judge overturned Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage, the number of weddings in the state has skyrocketed, shattering records and accruing thousands of dollars for Utah’s 29 counties.

As of close of business Thursday (Dec. 26), more than 1,225 marriage licenses had been issued in Utah since last Friday (Dec. 20). Of those, at least 74 percent, or 905 licenses, were issued to gay and lesbian couples.

Marriage licenses in Utah cost between $30 and $50, depending on the county.

With an average marriage license costing $40, counties in Utah made a grand total of more than $49,000 in the three-and-a-half days most county clerk’s offices were open this week.

About three-quarters of that money came from gay and lesbian couples seeking marriage licenses in the immediate aftermath of U.S. District Judge Robert J. Shelby’s ruling that overturned a statewide ban on same-sex marriages.

Salt Lake County shattered a previously held record of 85 marriages in a given day, by handing out 353 on Monday (Dec. 23) — the first full day of issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

On the other hand, Piute, a small county of about 1,500 people in the center of the state, was of several counties with no takers. Had any Piute couples requested a license, they would have been denied anyway.

County Clerk Valeen Brown is on vacation until Monday (Dec. 30), officials said. So, Piute officials suspended all marriage license activity until Brown returns.

Utah County — which made national news this week when Shelly Eyre and her partner Cheryl Haws declared that they would sue its clerk for denying gay and lesbian couples — was doling out certificates Thursday to all.

“Moving forward, we probably won’t keep track of how many same-sex couples versus opposite-sex couples we issue licenses to,” said Bryan Thompson, the county’s clerk and auditor. “I don’t see any reason to differentiate between them.”


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Hey asshole, why don't you explain to me just what I "said" about Phoenix that made him leave the board.

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3914091#post3914091

 

If you had just one iota of conscience you would've used the search button already , you lazy bum..

 

I DON'T NEED TO USE THE SEARCH BUTTON as I didn't say anything to Phoenix out of the way. Are you on drugs?!?? Go find what you think I said to him, and post it. If not, you owe ME the apology asshole!

 

You post today, but won't provide the evidence to back up your outrageous accusation?

 

Dude, he's a high school kid. Makes up shit on study hall break. It's a regular occurrence with him. Posts something untrue, gets called out on it, pulls a vanishing act, rinse/repeat.

 

Didn't know he was a kid. And shouldn't he be banned for his integrity problems?

 

Lots of people on this forum have integrity problems. It's certainly not my place to say who should and should not be banned.

 

Didn't Phoenix admit to being gay?

 

You and I know the integrity problems are with the few liberal loons who post here. We're common sense people in the majority, but sadly, the minority leftist lunatics get all the "press."