Ron 10 #1 August 23, 2004 QuoteMeasure would ban same-sex unions Saturday, August 21, 2004 Posted: 8:57 AM EDT (1257 GMT) TULSA, Oklahoma (AP) -- About a month after a lesbian couple successfully filed for a tribal marriage application, the Cherokee National Tribal Council voted to clearly define marriage as between a man and a woman. Principal Chief Chad Smith has indicated he will sign the measure, which was approved by the council Monday night. The change to tribal marriage law would not affect Kathy Reynolds and Dawn McKinley, who were married last month in a Cherokee ceremony. Cherokee Nation laws are not retroactive. A Cherokee Nation District Court has scheduled a hearing Friday to discuss a legal protest of McKinley's and Reynolds' marriage application. The outcome of that hearing will determine whether their union is legal. After McKinley and Reynolds applied for the application May 13, Darrell Dowty, chief justice of the Judicial Appeals Tribunal, ordered a moratorium on marriages that was set to expire Monday. "If we don't address this, we'll have a flood of same-sex marriages," O'Leary said. "This will be a black eye on the Cherokee Nation. Even the state of Oklahoma doesn't allow same-sex marriage." The state of Oklahoma does not recognize marriages for same-sex couples but does honor marriages recorded by the Cherokees. The tribe handles only a few marriages a year. State voters will decide in November whether to amend the constitution to strengthen the ban on gay marriage. "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
narcimund 0 #2 August 23, 2004 Whew! Thank god they got on that right away. First Class Citizen Twice Over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miked10270 0 #3 August 24, 2004 QuoteQuote"This will be a black eye on the Cherokee Nation." Err... Who else thinks it's a good thing he didn't say "Brown Eye" Then again, who else thinks I'm now too dr=unk to post? Mike. . Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pajarito 0 #4 August 24, 2004 AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
