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Marriage license office is ready
High court clears same-sex unions
By Kayla Robins = .
krobins@forsythnews.com
With a sweeping ruling
from the U.S. Supreme Court
Friday morning, same-sex
couples anywhere in the
nation can legally marry, a
decision for which the
Forsyth County Probate
Law changing
Sale, discharge
of fireworks legal
come Wednesday
By Kelly Whitmire
kwhitmire@forsythnews.com
‘Starting Wednesday, fireworks that
have long previously been illegal will
be available for purchase and shooting
off in Georgia. :
_At their most recent meeting, the
Forsyth commission discussed what
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“Basically, it creates a new subcate
gory of fireworks called consumer
fireworks,” explained County Attomey
Ken Jarrard. “These are fireworks that
have' traditionally been prohibited in
Georgia. When you enter Tepnessee or
Alabama, you may see some large
fireworks vending retailers on the state
While the new rules may benefit
those who havé had: to go to other
states for fireworks, it is causing head
aches for local governments as fire
works can be set off “basically any
where” that someone is allowed to be.
“The law is fairly clear that [those]
18 years or older can use the fire
works, but one of the more significant
changes is that they can be used any
where,” Jarrard said.
“Basically the statute says that they
cannot be used indoors, but that they
Free summer meals offered to children
By Kayia Robins ;
krobins@forsythnews.com
A local partnership is working through
out the sunimer to provide free meals to
children in need. ; .
Meals are available for children and
teens 18 and younger, funded through the
U.S. Department of Agriculture and
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Court had been preparing.
No one had shown up to the
court’s office as of Friday after
noon, while couples reportedly
lined up in neighboring Fulton
and Gwinnett counties.
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4
in the case of Obergefell v.
Hodges, immediately enacting
legal marriage of any two peo
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can be used basically anywhere that
you are lawfully able to be and that
otherwise they can be used anywhere
except those places where there is a
specific prohibition on fireworks.”
A big coneemn for local governments
is the use of fireworks in parks, which
could damage property, leave a mess
“Often, students rely on the meals
they’re served during the school day.
Then summer begins, and those meals are
gone,” said State, School Superintendent
Richard Woods. “It’s unacceptable so us
for any child to go hungry.
“These locations are a great resource
for parents and students. And they do
more than provide food. They’re helping
students grow, physically and academi
caily.”
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ple in any state, with marriages
that were performed in another
state being recognized every
where else.
A memorandum from
Georgia Attorney General Sam
Olens to all state agencies and
department heads stated, “[The
Constitution] daes not permit
bans on same-sex marriage.
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Mnce for others.
“A lot of [government] folks are
having this same discussion now,
because, candidly, the park and rec
issue is sort of the issue,” Jarrard said.
“I’ve got other jurisdictions asking me
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This mandate
regquires
Georgia to rec
ognize same
sex marriage in
the same way it
recognizes
marriage
between a man
and a woman.
“Georgia’s local governments
are now constitutionally
required to issue marriage
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issue those licenses in the same
way and via the same proce
dures employed for all other
applicants, and to recognize
same-sex marriages on an equal
footing with all other marriages.”
According to Olens, state
agencies and employees must
treat those who are lawfully
married in a similar fashion.
“State agencies and employ
ees should immediately review
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signs
County measure
1s a precaution
By Kelly Whitmire
kwhitmire@forsythnews.com
Just minutes before it went into
effect, a sign moratorium that
had been approved earlier in the
week was changed by the
Forsyth County commicsion.
. Officials gathered Fniay for
.an “emhergency meeting” to clari
fy what constituted an expression
sign, which do not require a per
mit and are the only signs
allowed to be put up during the
moratorium. :
The change was passed 4-0,
with Commissioner Cindy Jones
Mills absent.
The 30-day moratorium on
building and permitting signs
was approved Tuesday and took
effect at 5 p.m. Friday.
- “This is a manifestation by the
board of commissioners that an
expression sign is a sign that
communicates an idea,” said
County: Attorney Ken Jarrard. “It
does not matter whether it’s com
mercial, non-commercial, off
site, on site. The content has
nothing to do with it.”
As all signs communicate an
idea, the commission decided to
limit expression signs to a maxi
mum size of about 4 feet by 4
feet. .
The moratorium was put into
effect following a recent U.S.
Supreme Court decision, which
held that local governments
could not deny signs based on
content.
“My thought is in respect to
the recent ... case of Reed vs. the
town of Gilbert, [Ariz.],” Jarrard
said at the work session on
Tuesday. “That was a case that
came down last week where the
Supreme Court took a fairly
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