Post by Logan on May 11, 2016 10:30:54 GMT -6
Wyoming judge who refuses to marry gay couples fights removal
A Pinedale magistrate who said she would not perform same-sex marriages is fighting a state judicial ethics commission’s recommendation to remove her from office.
The Wyoming Supreme Court will decide if Pinedale municipal judge and circuit court magistrate Ruth Neely should be removed from her position.
The Wyoming Commission on Judicial Conduct and Ethics began investigating Neely in January 2015. The investigation was prompted by statements made by Neely to a Pinedale Roundup reporter, which were published in a newspaper article. After a federal judge in Casper struck down Wyoming’s gay marriage ban, Neely told the reporter that she would not be able to perform same-sex marriages.
“When law and religion conflict, choices have to be made,” she was quoted as saying.
Read more: trib.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/wyoming-judge-who-refuses-to-marry-gay-couples-fights-removal/article_9b274bee-5eeb-57b8-a72c-ff19a8cf7490.html
A Pinedale magistrate who said she would not perform same-sex marriages is fighting a state judicial ethics commission’s recommendation to remove her from office.
The Wyoming Supreme Court will decide if Pinedale municipal judge and circuit court magistrate Ruth Neely should be removed from her position.
The Wyoming Commission on Judicial Conduct and Ethics began investigating Neely in January 2015. The investigation was prompted by statements made by Neely to a Pinedale Roundup reporter, which were published in a newspaper article. After a federal judge in Casper struck down Wyoming’s gay marriage ban, Neely told the reporter that she would not be able to perform same-sex marriages.
“When law and religion conflict, choices have to be made,” she was quoted as saying.
Read more: trib.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/wyoming-judge-who-refuses-to-marry-gay-couples-fights-removal/article_9b274bee-5eeb-57b8-a72c-ff19a8cf7490.html