Volney clerk may relent on SSM

[brooklynite]

Source: Albany Times Union

Volney Town Clerk Barbara MacEwen may be doing same sex marriages after all, according to this piece from the Syracuse Post Standard’s Glenn Coin.

The clerk, whose community is about a half hour from Syracuse, made headlines earlier in the week when she said she wouldn’t perform same sex marriages when the law takes effect July 24.

But now, MacEwin is quoted as saying:

“I took an oath to follow the law and I intend to do that,” MacEwen said. “I’m resigned to the fact that I don’t agree with it, but I will do it and I will treat them equally.”

Read more: http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/73331/volney-clerk-may-relent-on-ssm/

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Amazing how the threat of losing your job can clarify your morality...

[sudopod]

1. LOL. Just lol. nt

[hedgehog]

2. Well, as a resident of Granby, I say what else can you expect from Volney!

[yankeepants]

7. I'm here in northern Oswego County

I haven't heard a discouraging word on the range re: SSM. Probably because most folks have been divorced so many times they just want to share the fun with the gay folk. Count me out. Happily married and wish the same for all.

[hedgehog]

8. Then you may understand that there's a little bit of snobbery from

Volney re Granby. Volney has zoning forbidding mobile homes; Granby practically revolted when the town board made the suggestion that we do the same.

[BlueJazz]

3. Ahh...Treat "Them" ...as in "I have them as neighbors and even a friend."

Geez Lady..Just say "I'll treat everybody with the respect that all people deserve"

[radhika]

4. 'May Relent' like it's HER call?

Is there a *&*( job description for this role she was elected to? An oath to perform that job?

[SoapBox]

5. "Relent" or...you...are...FIRED!

Simple!

[awoke_in_2003]

6. +1000. nt

[StarsInHerHair]

9. pharmacists, that includes you as well