The Road to Legal Gay Marriage Oregon | Portland Monthly

Contents:

• THE ROAD TO LEGAL GAY MARRIAGE OREGON
• SAME-SEX UPL WED OREGON AFTER GAY MARRIAGE BAN LIFTED
• GAY MARRIAGE OREGON: SEN. RON WYN TELLS CROWD ''S TIME' (VIO)
• GAY MARRIAGE OREGON: LICENS GRANTED 2004 NO LONGER VALID
• JUDGE STRIK DOWN BAN ON GAY MARRIAGE OREGON
• OREGON GAY MARRIAGE BAN STCK DOWN BY FERAL JUDGE; SAME-SEX MARRIAG BEG
• RULG ON GAY MARRIAGE OREGON ULD E BY SUMMER AFTER FERAL JUDGE NSOLIDAT TWO S
• GAY MARRIAGE: OPENLY GAY JUDGE, MICHAEL MCSHANE, SPOTLIGHT OVERSEEG OREGON SE
• GAY MARRIAGE OREGON: NATNAL ORGANIZATN FOR MARRIAGE SAYS MAY KEEP FIGHTG

THE ROAD TO LEGAL GAY MARRIAGE OREGON

Portland Tribune, "Ti turns favor of gay marriage, " November 28, 2013.

↑ Rters, "After gay marriage legalized Oregon, advot abandon ballot ph, " May 23, 2014.

↑ Oregonian, "Gay marriage supporters file two alternative iativ for 2014 Oregon ballot, "Febary 11, 2013. 1 OPB, "Kzhaber, Roberts Sign Gay Marriage Petn, " Febary 15, 2013. ↑ Portland Bs Journal, "Portland Bs Alliance weighs on gay marriage, " September 10, 2013.

SAME-SEX UPL WED OREGON AFTER GAY MARRIAGE BAN LIFTED

2 The Oregonian, "Nike's big ntributn to Oregon gay marriage iative wh strgs attached, " November 21, 2013. 1 Portland Tribune, "Group that led charge agast gay marriage chang tack, " November 21, 2013. ↑ The Oregonian, "Oregon gay marriage measure gathers signatur at quick pace, " Augt 6, 2013.

↑, "Rulg on gay marriage Oregon uld e by summer after feral judge nsolidat two s, " January 22, 2014.

↑, "Oregon gay marriage backers say they may not need to ntue ballot measure mpaign, " Febary 20, 2014. A feral judge has stck down Oregon’s gay marriage ban as unnstutnal, allowg state officials to start marryg upl immediatelyThis article is om the archive of our partner.

GAY MARRIAGE OREGON: SEN. RON WYN TELLS CROWD ''S TIME' (VIO)

A feral judge stck down Oregon’s gay marriage ban as unnstutnal on Monday, allowg state officials to start marryg upl immediately. The state ban was challenged by four gay and lbian upl the state. #gaymarriageOR — Kelly Hoe (@Kelly_M_Hoe) May 19, 2014 Andy and Ken, together 25 years, now wed #gaymarriageor — Lra Gunrson (@LGunrson) May 19, 2014And ee pedibs ri to mark this momento day.

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. 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.

GAY MARRIAGE OREGON: LICENS GRANTED 2004 NO LONGER VALID

) 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.

JUDGE STRIK DOWN BAN ON GAY MARRIAGE OREGON

Gay rights advote: Ameri is ready.

“This se is an ugly example of appropriate operatn between the Attorney General and the gay marriage lobby, both of whom want to refe marriage ntraventn of the overwhelmg cisn of the people to fe marriage as the unn of one man and one woman, ” Brian Brown, the anizatn’s print, said a statement. PORTLAND, Oregon (Rters) - Gay and lbian upl clamored to be among the first Oregon to exchange weddg vows on Monday after a feral judge stck down a state ban on same-sex marriage, sparkg a day of celebratn amid flowers, k and honkg r Hy (L) and Krist Berkvist awa marriage ceremoni at the Melody Ballroom Portland, Oregon, May 19, 2014.

REUTERS/Steve DipaolaThe lg, which me jt before a separate legal victory by gay matrimony advot Utah, was the latt a seri of urt cisns other stat that if upheld will dramatilly expand same-sex upl’ marriage rights across the untry. We’ve waed for this moment for at least 10 years, ” said Christe Tanner, who wh her partner joed three other Oregon upl challengg a 2004 voter-approved state nstutnal amendment limg marriage to heterosexual attorney general of the left-leang state ultimately cled to mount a legal fense of Oregon’s gay marriage ban agast the lawsu, leavg the nservative Natnal Organizatn for Marriage to try fendg U. One uple, Constance Ashbrook and Martha Landowne, were first wed 2004 but saw their marriage undone by the urts after Oregon voters banned gay took turns rtg their heads on each others’ shoulrs and kissed while wag for paperwork to be signed.

OREGON GAY MARRIAGE BAN STCK DOWN BY FERAL JUDGE; SAME-SEX MARRIAG BEG

Marriage rights have been extend to gay upl 17 other stat and the District of Columbia a trend that has gaed momentum sce the U. Supreme Court to stay the orr pendg Oregon Governor John Kzhaber sound a note of faly praisg McShane’s lg, sayg, “No longer will Oregonians tolerate discrimatn agast the gay, lbian, and transgenr muny.

”Hours later, another feral judge Utah upheld the legaly of hundreds of same-sex weddgs performed that state after a gay marriage ban was briefly lifted, only to be restated 17 days later by U.

03:57Download AudCopy the below to embed the WBUR d player on your seRumeSame-sex upl are gettg married Oregon, now that a feral judge has overturned the state's ban on gay marriage. District Judge Michael McShane led yterday that the law vlated the feral nstutnal rights of gays and the Here & Now Contributors Network, Chris Lehman of Oregon Public Broadstg reports. Oregon gay marriage: The story behd the 70-pl Melody Ballroom weddgs after Monday's lg For more than 70 upl on Monday, Melody Ballroom offered an elegant optn for a weddg after a feral judge overturned the state's ban on same-sex marriage Oregon: What's the legal stat of the feral urt cisn?

RULG ON GAY MARRIAGE OREGON ULD E BY SUMMER AFTER FERAL JUDGE NSOLIDAT TWO S

(Q&A)A slew of legal qutns surfaced after Monday's lg that overturned Oregon's ban on gay marriage.

GAY MARRIAGE: OPENLY GAY JUDGE, MICHAEL MCSHANE, SPOTLIGHT OVERSEEG OREGON SE

Kathere DrisenIn supportg gay marriage, pani see more upsi than riskSome of Oregon's largt pani cheered Monday's lg overturng Oregon's nstutnal ban on gay NjGay Marriage Oregon 2014: Bt photos om a day of celebratnBt photos om the celebratns after the ban on gay marriage Oregon was led ZacchoStrong words on gay marriage: Weddgs of felons, adbeat parents no longer tmp those of gay OregoniansTen years ago, I wrote a news story quotg a newly married gay man as sayg the piece of paper allowg him to marry was ak to Rosa Parks' b ticket. Molly HarbargerMilwkie uple be 'paper official' wh same-sex marriage license jt before Clackamas County office closThe Elston-Powers met at the Clackamas County Clerk's Office jt before closed on the first day gay marriage beme legal the state.

Molly HarbargerFirst gay uple Clackamas County to obta marriage license have been wag almost two sThe Clackamas County Clerk's Office was quiet when McShane overturned the ban. Molly HarbargerFirst Washgton County gay uple obta marriage license: 'It was jt time' (vio)Around 1:30 p.

M., Mendoza, 24, and Navarro, 39, beme the first gay uple Washgton County to obta a marriage license. Andrea CastilloWashgton County wag to hear om gay upl followg marriage lgGay upl Multnomah County had led up anticipatn of the cisn, but Clackamas County was jt as quiet.

GAY MARRIAGE OREGON: NATNAL ORGANIZATN FOR MARRIAGE SAYS MAY KEEP FIGHTG

Andrea CastilloOregon bs react to gay marriage lgOregon bs, some of which had prevly announced support for a pro-gay marriage iative, cheered Monday's lg overturng a gay marriage NjOregon gay marriage lg set for noon MondayExpect a full wrten lg to go live on the Inter at noon, say staffers the office of U. Oregon be the 18th state to allow gay marriage. Courthoe Wednday, May 14, 2014, Eugene, OreChris Pietsch / The Register-Guard via APMay 19, 2014, 7:17 PM UTC / Updated May 19, 2014, 8:06 PM UTCOregon beme the 18th state to allow gay marriage after a feral judge on Monday stck down a voter-approved ban.

District Judge Michael McShane held that the ban vlat the Constutn by discrimatg agast gay upl.

Eighteen stat and the District of Columbia allow gay marriage. Judg seven other stat — Idaho, Oklahoma, Virgia, Michigan, Texas, Utah and Arkansas — have found gay-marriage bans to be unnstutnal, but those lgs are tied up also have orred Kentucky, Oh and Tennsee to regnize same-sex marriag om other stat. "McShane himself is gay but said urt last month that he had no plans to wed his partner.

Judg seven other stat have stck down bans on gay marriage though appeals are pendg some stat.

She told reporters at the time that her lawyers uld fd no valid reason to ny marriage licens to gay week, the Natnal Organizatn for Marriage asked to tervene and fend the nstutnal amendment sce the state would Wednday, McShane told the anizatn that a private group uldn't tervene "simply bee the anizatn disagre wh the terpretatn" of state and unty officials. "Gay-rights groups prevly had said they llected enough signatur to force a statewi vote on gay marriage November.