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How A Good Samaritan Was Arrested For Driving Drunks Home
Aug 05, 2010 - 8:26 PM - by !King_Amazon!
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Jonathon Schoenakase of Quincy, Illinois was arrested last Saturday outside a local bar. His crime? Operating "Courtesy Rides" — a service offering free rides to bar-goers to prevent drunk driving. The reason? Taxi companies lobbied to make it illegal.

Schoenakase began operating Courtesy Rides on January 31, 2008 following a decision to do something about drunk driving after one of his friends was killed by a drunk driver. The service offers free rides to anyone who's been out drinking and needs a ride home, donations are accepted, but it's free to all. It was such a success Jonathan added a second car to the effort in 2009, then a bus, and that's when Diamond Cab service took notice.

They complained to the city that Schoenakase was operating a de facto taxi service without a proper license, but in reality they were mad he was cutting into their profits by offering for free what the Diamond was charging for. Amusingly, he was probably hitting a different demographic, cheapskates who don't want to pay for taxis but want to get home so they drink and drive, but that's beside the point. The cab company complained loud enough that the Quincy City Council changed its taxi and limousine ordinance to remove the words "for hire" from its definitions and thus eliminate the loophole Schoenakase was operating under. Following the change, Jonathan applied for a license and the Chief of Police was supposedly about to approve it, but withdrew and said Schoenakase needed to clear up some legal issues.

Since then Schoenakase has continued operating Courtesy Rides and has been arrested twice now during sting operations, once in February and then again just last Saturday.

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California Judge Upholds Gay Marriage
Aug 04, 2010 - 3:17 PM - by !King_Amazon!
Category News and Events
A U.S. Federal Court judge has overturned Proposition 8, California's same-sex marriage ban.

Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker ruled Wednesday that the controversial rule was unconstitutional and struck it down.

Passed by the state legislature in November 2008, Proposition 8 was a referendum passed by 52 per cent of California voters that outlawed gay marriages, five months after they were legalized by the state's Supreme Court.

The ruling is significant in that it's the first such ruling in a federal court. Numerous states have supported and challenged the legality of same-sex marriages on a state level, but Judge Walker's ruling in a federal court opens the door to the issue eventually being appealed all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States.

The ruling will almost certainly be appealed, as supporters on both sides of the issue had pledged to do so if the court ruled against them on Wednesday.

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/0...-marriage.html
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