Gay marriage Oregon: What's the legal stat of the feral urt cisn? (Q&A)

Contents:

• THE ROAD TO LEGAL GAY MARRIAGE OREGON
• GAY MARRIAGE OREGON: WHAT'S THE LEGAL STAT OF THE FERAL URT CISN? (Q&A)
• OREGON’S SUPREME COURT NULLIFI OVER 3,000 GAY MARRIAG
• OREGON TO REGNIZE OUT-OF-STATE GAY MARRIAG

THE ROAD TO LEGAL GAY MARRIAGE OREGON

In the 1950’s, gay rights activists began phg back agast the laws which crimalized homosexual-type sexual activy and relatnships. The Gay Liberatn e was igned Oregon and the fight to equal rights gradually me to the spotlight followg New York’s Stonewall Rts 1969.

Portland, Oregon adopted civil rights protectns for gays and lbians which banned anti-gay discrimatn municipal employment. Governor Neil Goldschmidt signed an executive orr prohibg discrimatn agast homosexuals state employment 1987. The Oregon Cizens Alliance (OCA), which is a nservative polil group, took actn agast agast the dividuals who were fightg for gay rights.

As a rult, there were eventually anti-gay rights laws 27 unti and ci Oregon. Gay; and.

GAY MARRIAGE OREGON: WHAT'S THE LEGAL STAT OF THE FERAL URT CISN? (Q&A)

HistoryHomosexual activy Oregon?

Homosexual activy Oregon is legal. Current statSce Sep 20, 2011Legal Don't Ask, Don't Tell is officially repealed throughout the Uned Stat, and gays and lbians may openly donatns by MSMs Oregon? When a feral judge led Oregon’s same-sex-marriage ban unnstutnal May, the cisn sparked jubilatn, but also a few shgs: wh gay marriage already legal stat like Iowa and New Mexi, and bans teeterg the lik of Idaho and Arkansas, Oregon seemed a foregone ncln.

The tth is, Michael McShane’s cisn might never have happened if not for two rogue attorneys who bucked the gay polil tablishment, settg motn an unual legal battle which everyone was on the same si (wh one trated exceptn). Basic Rights Oregon (BRO), the state’s leadg gay-rights anizatn, was gearg up for a mpaign to qualify a marriage-equaly iative for the ballot, but Perriguey’s clients didn’t thk an expensive and potentially vrlic ballot fight was the bt path. “The notn that gay people’s rights are subject to a populary ntt is outrageo, ” says Perriguey.

OREGON’S SUPREME COURT NULLIFI OVER 3,000 GAY MARRIAG

McShane had been a feral judge for only a few months when the se land his urt—ma all the more visible by the fact that he is one of only ne openly gay members of the feral judiciary. ) McShane tackled his sexualy head-on, both urt—potg out that he had as much mon wh Eastman (age, race, field of law) as wh the platiffs—and his unmonly personal lg, which he rells growg up a time when homosexualy was nsired immoral and peers played “smear the queer. The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday nullified 3, 000 gay marriage licens, while the Connecticut state legislature moved toward approvg a same-sex civil unn bill.

Last night, the Connecticut Hoe of Reprentativ bated six hours before passg legislatn allowg gay upl to form civil unns. It giv gay upl all the rights and rponsibili of marriage btowed by Connecticut, but no addnal feral rights.

OREGON TO REGNIZE OUT-OF-STATE GAY MARRIAG

Four stat and the District of Columbia have domtic partnership laws providg limed rights to gay Kansas last week, was voters weighg and reachg a very different ncln.

They approved a ballot measure banng gay marriage and orred a change to the state nstutn, fg marriage as "one man and one woman only. Voters have backed so-lled fense of marriage laws 42 stat and rejected civil unns or marriag for homosexual upl 18 others. When judg nsired the issue as they did California, New York and Washgton state, they overturned bans on gay unns.

While state-by-state battl ntue, Congrs is natnalizg the stggle over gay marriage.