Will SF MARRY-IN run till 11AM Tuesday?

MARRY-IN runs until 11AM on Tuesday?



Dear freedom-seekers.

When is the last chance for same-sex couples to marry in San Francisco?
My best GUESS: 11 AM on Tuesday, 17 February 2004.

Would-be spouses should go to SF City Hall on Monday, Feb. 16, from 10AM onward.
If that's not possible, then they should show up before 8AM on Tuesday morning.

To be successful they must hurriedly get a license, have their wedding ceremony, and get their used license officially "recorded", all at SF City Hall, BEFORE freedom-hating fascists can get a court order to stop the historic San Francisco Marry-In.

The fascists cannot prevail before 11AM on Tuesday, when the first of two separate legal hearings will begin. After 11AM, risk grows by the minute. If you want to do this, make haste! This unique window of SF same-sex opportunity may not re-open for years --- or decades.
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TWO LAWSUITS WILL BE HEARD ON TUESDAY

On Tuesday, 17 February 2004, TWO separate court hearings will be held on legal challenges to SF's new policy of issuing licenses for same-gender weddings, according to the S.F. Chronicle
<http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/02/14/MNG3R517C21.DTL>.

The first hearing will occur at 11AM, before Superior Court Judge Ronald Quidachay, on a suit brought by the "Campaign for California Families".

The second will begin at 2PM, before Superior Court Judge James Warren, at 400 McAllister (near City Hall), on a suit brought by the "Proposition 22 Legal Defense and Education Fund".

I'm guessing that Judge Quidachay may also be at 400 McAllister, which houses SF's main CIVIL courtrooms (as contrasted with the more famous criminal courtrooms on Bryant Street).
In which "department" (courtroom) will these hearings be held? Try calling the "Civil Law & Motion" office, at (415) 551-4026, on Tuesday morning.

EITHER hearing could produce a Temporary Restraining Order, perhaps effective on Tuesday, which would prevent the City from issuing any more marriage licenses to same-gender couples.

So if you want to act, do so quickly -- on Monday, or early on Tuesday morning.




Carpe diem!
Tortuga Bi LIBERTY,
for SUN of San Francisco
Monday, 16 Feb., around 10:45 AM