Anti-Gay Marriage Judge Placed Photo Of Hitler In Oregon Courthouse

In this photo taken Oct. 10, 2011, Vance D. Day is sworn in as a Marion County Circuit Court Judge in Salem, Ore. Day, a former chairman of the Oregon Republican Party, is facing an ethics investigation after asking ... In this photo taken Oct. 10, 2011, Vance D. Day is sworn in as a Marion County Circuit Court Judge in Salem, Ore. Day, a former chairman of the Oregon Republican Party, is facing an ethics investigation after asking his clerks to refer couples seeking same-sex marriages to other county judges due to his religious beliefs. Day joined the bench in 2011 and has not performed any same-sex marriages. He stopped doing marriages of any kind this past spring. Marion County judges are not required to perform marriages. (Statesman-Journal via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT MORE LESS
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The Oregon judge facing an ethics investigation after he allegedly refused to marry same-sex couples is also under scrutiny for hanging a photo of Adolf Hitler in his courthouse.

Reuters reported Wednesday that Marion County Judge Vance Day was hit with complaints of displaying a picture of Hitler in the county courthouse and allowing a veteran to handle a firearm despite being having a felony conviction, in addition to the complaint for not performing same-sex marriages. The state’s Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability announced the complaints in a Tuesday notice, according to Reuters.

A spokesman for Day dismissed the complaint about the Hitler photo and told the news outlet that the judge was honoring World War II veterans, not the Nazi dictator.

“We went to war against Hitler,” spokesman Patrick Korten told Reuters. “His picture was there. It was not admiringly. It was him as the epitome of the enemy that we went to fight against.”

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  1. Oops! Turns out it was Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictator.

  2. I guess it’s a good thing the judge thought better of passing out those Ho Chi Minh beer coozies.

  3. You do not hang photos of men like Hitler in your office if you don’t worship him.

    This guy sounds incompetent to do his job, honestly.

  4. Oh, I don’t know, kinda sounds like your average, garden variety conservative to me.

  5. Picture of Hitler was there next to that of Obama, to let everyone know who the enemy is.

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