Good and Joyful Things

Go, Benton County! Come On, Lane!

Another creative action by civil(ly disobedient) servants Oregon county bans all marriage:

“It may seem odd,” Benton County Commissioner Linda Modrell told Reuters in a telephone interview, but “we need to treat everyone in our county equally.”

State Attorney General Hardy Myers said in a statement that he was “very pleased” with Benton County’s decision. “It is my sincere hope that the legal process will provide clarity for each of Oregon’s counties.”

I just love it when government types use stuffy pol-speak to endorse tricky issues.

Now come ON, Lane County, OSU is stealing a march. The home of the Ducks needs to get waddlin’ on this issue.

And no, I’m not going to go for the obvious mascot joke.