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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOregon judge accused of blocking gay marriage applicants, hanging Hitler picture
Source: Reuters
US | Tue Sep 8, 2015 10:15pm EDT
Oregon judge accused of blocking gay marriage applicants, hanging Hitler picture
PORTLAND, ORE. | BY SHELBY SEBENS
An Oregon judge who refused to perform same-sex marriages is facing multiple complaints in a state ethics investigation, including that he put up a picture of Adolf Hitler in the Salem courthouse, a state judicial commission said on Tuesday.
Marion County Circuit Court Judge Vance Day is facing an ethics review for screening wedding applicants for gay couples and then refusing to perform the marriages, according to a notice by the Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability.
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In addition to the wedding refusal, Day faces complaints of putting up a picture of Hitler in the Marion County courthouse and allowing a veteran with a felony to handle a firearm.
Patrick Korten, a spokeswoman for Day, said the complaints were baseless. He said the Hitler picture was part of a display to honor the service of veterans in World War Two and not to glorify the Nazi dictator.
"We went to war against Hitler," Korten said. "His picture was there. It was not admiringly. It was him as the epitome of the enemy that we went to fight against."
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Oregon judge accused of blocking gay marriage applicants, hanging Hitler picture
PORTLAND, ORE. | BY SHELBY SEBENS
An Oregon judge who refused to perform same-sex marriages is facing multiple complaints in a state ethics investigation, including that he put up a picture of Adolf Hitler in the Salem courthouse, a state judicial commission said on Tuesday.
Marion County Circuit Court Judge Vance Day is facing an ethics review for screening wedding applicants for gay couples and then refusing to perform the marriages, according to a notice by the Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability.
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In addition to the wedding refusal, Day faces complaints of putting up a picture of Hitler in the Marion County courthouse and allowing a veteran with a felony to handle a firearm.
Patrick Korten, a spokeswoman for Day, said the complaints were baseless. He said the Hitler picture was part of a display to honor the service of veterans in World War Two and not to glorify the Nazi dictator.
"We went to war against Hitler," Korten said. "His picture was there. It was not admiringly. It was him as the epitome of the enemy that we went to fight against."
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/09/us-usa-oregon-court-idUSKCN0R905T20150909
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Oregon judge accused of blocking gay marriage applicants, hanging Hitler picture (Original Post)
Eugene
Sep 2015
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madaboutharry
(40,224 posts)2. It sounds like someone is a bit unstable.
How do they allow people like that to be judges? Too many right-wing judges.