<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Do you really believe a private business should be able to serve only those of whom they approve? That doesn't read like you, so maybe It's tongue-in-cheek. Growing up in Texas I remember those signs so very well. Of course they applied to racial issues. I guess we just have a lot of growing to do. <br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Oct 22, 2014, at 8:22 AM, Janesta <<a href="mailto:janesta@gmail.com">janesta@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Butch needs to give it a rest.<br><br></div>The Hitching Post is a private business and should have the freedo<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;">to</span>m and right to serve whomever they want. There is a BOOMING business in Arizona for "clearing houses" for business which same gender friendly. Perhaps someone should start one in Coeur d' Alene</div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 8:05 AM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><div>Courtesy of today's (October 22, 2014) Spokesman-Review.</div><div><br></div><div>-------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><h1 style="margin:0px 0px 10px;clear:both;line-height:1.2;font-size:28px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,17,17)">Otter seeks full panel review of gay marriage ruling</h1><p style="margin-bottom:21px;overflow:visible!important"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">BOISE – Idaho Gov. Butch Otter wants a larger group of judges to reconsider the recent decision that overturned the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. “I will continue defending Idahoans’ self-determination and the will of Idaho voters who decided that traditional marriage is a core principle of our society,” Otter said.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:21px;overflow:visible!important"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">The governor on Tuesday announced that he would file a petition seeking a review at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals by an 11-judge panel. A three-judge panel made the earlier decision ruling that Idaho’s ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. Otter and Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden earlier requested that the 9th Circuit assign a full 11-judge panel to hear Idaho’s case, rather than a three-judge panel. That request was denied. Wasden didn’t join with Otter in Tuesday’s petition. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom:21px;overflow:visible!important"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">However, his spokesman, Todd Dvorak, said Wasden plans to file an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in the coming weeks.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:21px;overflow:visible!important"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Deborah Ferguson, attorney for the four Idaho couples who successfully sued to overturn Idaho’s same-sex marriage ban, said, “If necessary, we will continue to defend the District Court and 9th Circuit decision.”</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:21px;overflow:visible!important"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Otter, in a news release, warned of “increased religious strife” because “unaccountable judges,” not the “democratic process,” were making the call on gay marriage.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:21px;overflow:visible!important"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">“One of the key arguments against the Idaho Constitution’s defense of traditional marriage has been that redefining it to include same-sex couples would not harm anyone. But the Hitching Post example shows the fallacy of that position,” he said.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:21px;overflow:visible!important"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">The Hitching Post wedding chapel in Coeur d’Alene has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Coeur d’Alene, saying the city’s anti-discrimination ordinance would force its owners to perform marriages that they object to on religious grounds. That prompted a fundamentalist Christian group in Mississippi to claim that the city of Coeur d’Alene has threatened to arrest the two ordained ministers who own the chapel – but there was no such threat.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:21px;overflow:visible!important"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">The city has asked that the lawsuit be withdrawn; the chapel recently filed to become a religious corporation, which would exempt it from the city ordinance.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:21px;overflow:visible!important"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Otter is in the midst of campaigning for a third term; his two leading opponents, Democrat A.J. Balukoff and Libertarian John Bujak, oppose continuing Idaho’s court fight against same-sex marriage, which became legal in Idaho last week.</span></p></div><div>-------------------------------------<br><br><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></font></span></div></div></div><br>=======================================================<br>
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