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Related: About this forumCorbett Lawsuit Against Same-Sex marriages Says Gay Couples Are Like 12 Year Olds
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20130829_State__Montco_same_sex_marriage_licenses_meaningless.htmlExcerpt:
"The Corbett administration said its lawsuit seeking to halt same-sex marriage licenses in Montgomery County "would have no direct effect" on the couples who have already received them.
In a brief Wednesday, state attorneys said those marriage licenses were never valid, and compared gay and lesbian couples to "12-year-olds" who are also barred from marrying under state law.
.... Register of Wills D. Bruce Hanes and his supporters argue that the law is unconstitutional and discriminatory. Since July 24, Hanes has issued 154 marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples. Thirty-two of the couples have petitioned to intervene in the case, arguing that a ruling against Hanes could also invalidate their marriages."
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In other news, Corbett's approval ratings have fallen from the toilet to be deeper down into the sewage pipes. His approval rating is now 16%. That is almost as low as the 15% approval rating that the public gives to the US Congress.
He also got the British company to extend their bid to takeover the Pa. Lottery for another 2 months, despite the Attorney General ruling that the deal is unconstitutional.
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Corbett Lawsuit Against Same-Sex marriages Says Gay Couples Are Like 12 Year Olds (Original Post)
JPZenger
Aug 2013
OP
great line. If anyone missed the joke, that was a line Obama used as Romney walked into a trap
JPZenger
Aug 2013
#2
Corbett's Press Secretary: Don't Blame Him, He was at his Hilton Head Vacation Home
JPZenger
Aug 2013
#4
MadrasT
(7,237 posts)1. Please proceed, governor... (n/t)
JPZenger
(6,819 posts)2. great line. If anyone missed the joke, that was a line Obama used as Romney walked into a trap
Pat Riot
(446 posts)5. I wish we had a "like" or upvote button for such posts.
Good one. It's like we don't have to spend so much on our own ads because they keep shooting themselves in the foot.
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)3. Who are those 16%?
That is what I want to know. I would like to meet one of them. Well, maybe not.
JPZenger
(6,819 posts)4. Corbett's Press Secretary: Don't Blame Him, He was at his Hilton Head Vacation Home
Corbett's new Secretary was quick to respond to this story. She said don't blame Corbett for this screw-up - he was at his new vacation home on Hilton Head, and hadn't read the lawsuit that his lawyers filed.