[Vision2020] Latah County gets state to accept same-sex couples marriage licenses

[Debi Smith]

Huzzah!!! and about damn time!
Debi R-S

On 5/3/2015 2:43 PM, Tom Hansen wrote:
> The day Moscow, Idaho said "I do" . . .
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> http://www.moscowcares.com/marriedinmoscow
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> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
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> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
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> On May 3, 2015, at 14:32, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com 
> <mailto:thansen at moscow.com>> wrote:
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>> Courtesy of today's (May 3, 2015) Spokesman-Review.
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>>   Latah County gets state to accept same-sex couples marriage licenses
>>
>> MOSCOW, Idaho – The six same-sex couples who married in Idaho’s Latah 
>> County on Oct. 10 now have a fairly easy way to ensure their marriage 
>> licenses are on the record with both local and state government agencies.
>>
>> In February, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare announced it 
>> wouldn’t recognize six marriage licenses for same-sex couples issued 
>> by the county between the time the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals 
>> approved them and the time a few days later that the Idaho state 
>> attorney general’s office got a formal order from the 9th Circuit and 
>> advised counties to begin issuing same-sex marriage licenses.
>>
>> Latah County officials stood by the legality of the six licenses they 
>> issued and have kept them on their records.
>>
>> Earlier, local officials were able to get the original certified 
>> licenses from the state for the couples as proof of their marriages.
>>
>> Latah County recently wrote a follow-up letter to the couples.
>>
>> Prosecutor Bill Thompson and Clerk-Auditor-Recorder Henrianne 
>> Westberg worked out a way for the couples to get licenses that are 
>> dated so the state will accept them fully without the couples having 
>> to renounce their earlier marriages.
>>
>> “With this new information, we understand that you now have the 
>> option to obtain a new marriage license for purposes of having it 
>> registered with the Idaho Bureau of Vital Statistics without having 
>> to represent or concede that there is any legal question about the 
>> validity of your marriage from last October,” a letter to the couples 
>> from the county stated.
>>
>> “The county has really worked to help the couples involved,” said 
>> Tabitha Simmons, who married longtime partner Kathy Sprague on Oct. 
>> 10. “Basically, they’ve gone above and beyond.”
>>
>> “And,” Westberg added, “those original licenses will always be here.”
>>
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>> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>>
>> "Moscow Cares"
>> http://www.MoscowCares.com <http://www.moscowcares.com/>
>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
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