Letters to the Editor
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Their Own Petard
OT but interesting. The Oregon legislature passed a domestic partnership law last year that was scheduled to go into effect Jan. 1. Now I hope y'all are sitting down, but some right-wing "christians" didn't much care for this development.
A Tennessee outfit swooped in, and using paid signature gatherers, blanketed the state, but still were unable to gather enough valid signatures to get a measure on the ballot overturning the law. I know this will come as a shock, but these God-fearing folk didn't accept defeat too gracefully. They sued, charging that the signature count was "unfair," apparently because they lost, and Bush appointee Michael Mosman postponed the enactment of the law, pending review of the righty's claims.
Yesterday, to the untold chagrin and fury of these upstanding defenders of family values, Mosman handed down his ruling yesterday, dismissing their suit and allowing domestic partnerships as of Monday.
The case he cited as precedent for his ruling? Bush v. Gore.
Thought y'all might like that.