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Let's be charitable: I'm sure the real reason is that the clerk just had nothing to wear and was too ashamed to admit it!

It's no surprise the county clerk's office went this route. The office couldn't even give an answer when asked about whether they would issue licenses on the big day. I live here and I officially hate this county.

Oh I am sure it has to do with the ruling. It is one of the most conservative counties in the state.

I heard on a news broadcast on Out-Q that many clerk's offices are asking people interested in volunteering to help with paperwork, etc. contact them. I remember they also did this in Massachusetts. As Eddie posted above - it does sound like Kern would be a county to "hate".

And in Contra Costa there is a whole room set up as a wedding chapel! I say go for it, push, at least demand a space and 'hire' a local judge of the peace for the week or so of the first rush, see if they can refuse to have weddings on the premises.

Yeah, im from around here and its filled with conservatives. Its a shame.

Oooh, isn't that where William Bolthouse is from?

I was born and raised in the city of Bakersfield in Kern County and I can atest to the bigotry and homophobic mindset of a vast majority of the community; it's a relatively republican, conservative, christian populous.

I'm gonna play devils advocate for a bit.. Not because I necessarily believe it but just for the hell of it..

now we all know that on the BIG DAY... Clerks offices will be flooded with requests from same sex couples not just who live in California but also from other states since unlike Mass., Cali. doesn't have a resident clause.... So how many people do you think will try to skip the lines of the big cities and go to smaller counties or counties that border other states? i would like to think that Kern County like many smaller counties in California and most states don't have the resources(financial or manpower) to deal with a hundred requests much less a thousand....

Of course, the problem is that marriage is a fundamental right -- whether same sex or opposite sex. A county can't decide arbitrarily to interfere with the exercise of a fundamental right. It looks like this situation presents a clear case for asking a court to issue a preliminary injunction to enjoin the cessation and to order the county clerks to issue licenses, if requested.

First the fundies complain we are too slutty, then when we try to commit And form relationships they feel threatened.
They will never be happy because they are stuck in sexless, loveless relationships and have no soul.

Screw Kern County, move to Santa Cruz!

I use to live in Lancaster, California in Kern county and I will tell you now it most certainly IS a move to circumvent the recent Supreme Court decision. This "claim" they don't have the personnel to solemnize any marriage is designed to inflame public opinion against same-sex marriage and get citizens that resent having their marriage inconvenienced to go to the polls in November and vote to amend the state's constitution banning marriage for gays.

I was just talking to my friend yesterday, and she told me that there was a truck with a sign protesting Gay Marriage right here in Delano. So im not surprised this is happening here.

I grew up in Bako. Kern Co has always been a very conservative, traditional area.

There was a really good gay bar (902) but it shut down. Now Casa is the only gay-tolerable place that I know of over there.

I moved to Fresno to live with my fiance. Everyone here (work, apartments, friends, restaurants) have been very supportive and friendly to us.

http://www.bakersfield.com/hourly_news/story/464269.html

Here is a relevant story based on your post, explains why the clerk went out of her way so she would not do same sex weddings.

JerzeeMike: Lancaster's actually well within Los Angeles County... but culturally and politically it's probably closer to Kern County than to most of L.A. County.

Kern County is one of the few places that makes my home Fresno County look good in this regard and in others.

The county had better watch out. I am sure they noticed the clerk in Saskatchewan Canada that refused to marry same sex couples and was ordered to by the courts and fined a hefty fee for not doing so. Besides when did a county have power over a supreme court for the state's ruling?

QZafronda: That's why they're not marrying ANYONE, homo or hetero.

Very beautifull