required to hold her until the authorities from the next one on the list pick her up. i m going to notify her she s not going to be leaving today and they ll come pick her up. i don t know the exact pickup time. but she will not be leaving today unfortunately for her. collins, lieutenant russo would like to talk to you. hi, ms. collins. you re not going to be leaving today. i have detainers out of other counties, mars county and montgomery county pennsylvania. so we notified them and when they re ready to come and get you. that s all. thank you. not going anywhere. oh. going to glaster county tonight. see. that s probably why they ror d
announced his city would start offering marriage licenses to same sex couples. not because it was state law, which it wasn t but because he thought it was right. today it happened in montgomery county, pennsylvania. this was the first couple in line, two women with a couple of kids who have been together for 17 years and they said they never intended to be first, but they got their license, they got married and left on a nice vacation. the reporter of wills told reporters today he did not know what to expect after he announced his intentions yesterday. i was driving into work this morning and thought, we could have a line around the block, or maybe nobody would show up at all. we can tell you tonight that mr. haynes issued five marriage licenses to same sex couples in pennsylvania and he made a lot of history in doing so. joining us now is mr. haynes. he is the first person to have ever issued a marriage license in pennsylvania. how did you come to the decision to do this zm. well, i
pennsylvania constitution that sort of disagree with that. i was sworn in in 2008 and again when i was re-elected in 2011, i was sworn in. just last year, 2012. and i swore to uphold the constitution of the commonwealth. and i take the position. i took the position and i take the position currently that when a statute is in opposition to the constitution, i m going to follow the constitution. do you think that these i did that. sorry to interrupt, sir. do you think these five couples who you married today, to whom you issued these licenses. do you think they will end up being test cases as this gets litigated and fought over in pennsylvania? or do these cases stand alone? rachel, i truly don t know. you even mentioned the fact that i have been speculating as to the number of people who were going to show up today.
and i discussed it, reviewed it with my solicitor, i have a solicitor, michael clark. i reviewed it with the county solicitor. and some of the things we looked at was the windsor case that you were discussing, the u.s. supreme court case. pennsylvania constitution. and a decision by the current attorney general in pennsylvania. and her decision not to defend doma in court. going back to the pennsylvania constitution, three things really sort of stuck out. article 1 section 1, a general statement on hey, we re all free and equal individuals and entitled to certain rights and happiness. and section 26 of the same article gets a little more narrow. it says, you know, if it s a civil right, nobody can discriminate against that person
to do this? well, if you i have to go back about a week. i was contacted by two women who were interested in inquiring about how to get a same sex marriage. and i discussed it, reviewed it with my solicitor, i have a solicitor, michael clark. i reviewed it with the county solicitor. and some of the things we looked at was the windsor case that you were discussing, the u.s. supreme court case. pennsylvania constitution. and a decision by the current attorney general in pennsylvania. and her decision not to defend doma in court. going back to the pennsylvania constitution, three things really sort of stuck out. article 1 section 1, a general