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Why am I and everyone who does not agree with legalizing gay marriage being labeled a hater. I don’t
feel like a hater, I don’t hate anyone for who they love of what they do in their bedroom. I also do not
hate a person for who they chose to love. I just don’t think that a union between a same sex couple should
be called a marriage. I have no problem with gay couples having the same rights as any couple I just
do not believe their union should be called a marriage, call it a civil union or a partnership, anything but a marriage. People having this opinion are being labeled haters by gay rights groups  and it is now carrying over to the media. This seems to be the way minority groups sway peoples opinion, If you don’t agree with them you are a hater or raciest.

November 19th, 2008 | Tags: Civil union, Gay, Gay Lesbian and Bisexual, Law, LGBT social movements, Marriage, Same-sex marriage, Same-sex relationship | Category: In The News, Opinion, Politics | Leave a comment

Oregon is taking a shot at Licensed Concealed Weapons Owners. I’m afraid we will be seeing many more stories like this in the next four years.

Washington County’s sheriff is asking 10,000 people who hold concealed handgun licenses whether they want their names made public if it is requested as an Oregon public record.

Sheriff Rob Gordon said he believes that people obtain these licenses as a security measure, which would exempt the release of their names. But a circuit court in Jackson County ruled in April that people have to document that the license is for security reasons in order to be exempt from public records law.

On Friday, license holders will be mailed letters asking them to say whether they obtained the license for security reasons, and whether they want their information kept confidential.

“Instead of going through the process of saying that it’s implied, we’re going though the process of getting the documentation that says that it is,” said Sgt. Vance Stimler, public information officer at the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.

When The Mail Tribune in Medford requested names of concealed handgun license holders as a public record in 2007, the Jackson County Sheriff refused the request based on Oregon law that states records are not public if they could reveal a person’s security measures or weaknesses. But Jackson County’s Circuit Court ruled that each individual must specify that he or she doesn’t want any personal information released. If not, their names are public record.

The ruling is now in front of the Oregon Court of Appeals. No court date is set.

If each applicant requests to keep their information private, then Oregon law will allow the Washington County Sheriff’s Office to reject a request for names of license holders, Stimler said.

“Essentially we follow the law and the law stated that people had personal protection reasons for getting them,” Stimler said. “We’re just trying to follow the interpretation.”

The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office will confirm that a person has a concealed handgun license if someone calls with a name, said Deputy Paul McRedmond, public information officer. They approve public record requests for general release of names on a case-by-case basis.

In Clackamas County, the sheriff’s office will release the information for properly made requests, said Det. Jim Strovink, public information officer.

November 13th, 2008 | Tags: Circuit Court, Law, Law Enforcement, Oregon Court of Appeals, Sheriff | Category: Opinion | Comments (1)

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It seems like the Arizona Supreme Court is close to banning numerous immigration-related phrases, including “illegal alien” and “open-borders advocates” from use in Arizona’s courtrooms.  The Arizona Hispanic Bar Association has demanded the ban of the following phrases…..

Aliens
Illegal aliens
Resident or non-resident aliens
Illegal immigrants
Illegal immigration
Illegals
Immigration epidemic
Immigration crisis
Immigrant invasion
Pro-illegal immigration activists
Open borders advocates
Anchor babies
Proponents for amnesty

It seems they feel the use of these words make their clients look bad and stigmatizes them.  Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Ruth McGregor appears to agree with them and sees no use for the First Amendment in the courts.
I would hope that if the Arizona court passes this ban someone with some sense will bring it in front of the US Supreme Court for a ruling on it’s constitutionality.  Much of this country is becoming a bunch of babies in fear that someone my be offended or that a negitave light will be cast on someone and hurt their feelings.  I am getting so tired of this crap.

November 11th, 2008 | Tags: Arizona, Arizona Supreme Court, Illegal immigration, Immigration, Immigration to the United States, Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, United States | Category: Opinion | Leave a comment