House Dems: Oregon Legislative Counsel: "SB 1000-A is constitutional as written."
Democratic Leader Jeff Merkley stated the following:
I have received several calls to my office regarding concerns that SB 1000 violates Measure 36 and Oregon's constitution. Therefore, I asked Oregon Legislative Counsel to provide me with an opinion regarding the constitutionality of SB 1000.
I received a letter, dated July 20th, 2005 from David Heynderickx, Legislative Counsel responding to my request. I have posted the letter here for anyone interested to read, print out, copy and distribute:
Download LC-SB1000Letter.pdf
The letter clearly states that Oregon Legislative Counsel believes SB-1000-A is constitutional as written.
A couple of key excerpts from the letter:
"Senate Bill 1000-A does not create a "marriage" by another name..."
"...Senate Bill 1000-A does not create a "same-sex marriage" under the guise of another name."
"In conclusing, we believe Senate Bill 1000-A is constitutional as written."
Posted by Bryan Harding
I have received several calls to my office regarding concerns that SB 1000 violates Measure 36 and Oregon's constitution. Therefore, I asked Oregon Legislative Counsel to provide me with an opinion regarding the constitutionality of SB 1000.
I received a letter, dated July 20th, 2005 from David Heynderickx, Legislative Counsel responding to my request. I have posted the letter here for anyone interested to read, print out, copy and distribute:
Download LC-SB1000Letter.pdf
The letter clearly states that Oregon Legislative Counsel believes SB-1000-A is constitutional as written.
A couple of key excerpts from the letter:
"Senate Bill 1000-A does not create a "marriage" by another name..."
"...Senate Bill 1000-A does not create a "same-sex marriage" under the guise of another name."
"In conclusing, we believe Senate Bill 1000-A is constitutional as written."
Posted by Bryan Harding
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