Yolo County Recorder hands out 'Certificate of Inequality' on 'Freedom to Marriage Day' - pics

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Yolo County Recorder Freddie Oakley displays a 'Certificate of Inequality' that she gave out to members of the gay and lesbian community that applied for a marriage license at the Yolo County Recorders office in Woodland, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007. Oakley made the certificates herself. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)


Claire Allen, right, looks at Kathleen Luna, left, her partner for 21 years, after being given a 'Certificate of Inequality' instead of a marriage license by Yolo County Recorder Freddie Oakley center at the Recorders office in Woodland, Calif. Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007. The couple joined several others lesbian couples who applied for a marriage license but were given the certificate as part of a 'Freedom to Marriage Day' protest. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)


Ellen Pontac, left, gets a kiss from her partner Shelly Bailes, right, outside the Yolo County Recorders office in Woodland, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007. The Davis, Calif., couple, who have been together 33 years joined others in a Freedom to Marry Day protest where they were denied a marriage license but instead given a 'Certificate of Inequality' by Woodland County Recorder Freddie Oakley. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)


Ellen Pontac, left, kisses partner Shelly Bailes, right, outside the Yolo County Recorders office in Woodland, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007. The Davis, Calif., couple, who have been together 33 years joined others in the ' Freedom to Marry Day' protest where they were denied a marriage license but instead given a 'Certificate of Inequality' by Woodland County Recorder Freddie Oakley. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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Kevin Pike, left, and his wife, Beverly, right, join more than 40 others in a demonstration outside the Yolo County Recorder's office in Woodland, Calif., where Yolo County Recorder Freddie Oakley handed out 'Certificates of Inequality' to members of the gay and lesbian community who applied for a marriage license Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007. The protesters were against Oakley's use of her office to support gay marriage. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)


Ann Carroll, right, and her husband, Bob Ocenosak join more than 40 others in a demonstration outside the Yolo County Recorder's office, in Woodland, Calif., where Yolo County Recorder Freddie Oaks handed out 'Certificates Of Inequality' to members of the gay and lesbian community, who applied for a marriage license, on the national 'Freedom to Marriage Day' Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007. The protestors were against Oakley's use of her office to support gay marriage. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)



Yolo Clerk Gives Certificates To Same-Sex Couples
'Certificates Of Inequality' Handed Out Wednesday

POSTED: 12:28 pm PST February 14, 2007
UPDATED: 3:12 pm PST February 14, 2007

WOODLAND, Calif. -- The Yolo County Clerk is taking a stand against California's marriage law and is handing out certificates to same-sex couples Wednesday.

County Clerk Freddie Oakley calls the documents "certificates of inequality." They are not legally binding and Oakley paid for them out of her own pocket.

Oakley said she could not continue to stand by and say "no" to same-sex couples.

"I think it's a discriminatory law, a violation of civil rights -- the government discriminating against people based on gender. And as a woman who is nearly 60, I know something about discrimination based on gender. I think it's a bad law, so this is me protesting a bad law in a small way," Oakley said.

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