Tag Archives: Oregon

OREGON: Today Could Be The Day

I ran this same headline last Wednesday because there was a chance that the judge would immediately issue his order for the commencement of same-sex marriages after he dealt with NOM’s ultimately failed motion to intervene. That didn’t happen but on Friday the judge promised to issue his ruling at noon local time today. The state is ready.  The Multnomah …

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OREGON: Marriage Ruling Due Monday

UPDATE: Via Oregon United. The federal judge in Oregon’s marriage equality lawsuit said he plans to issue an opinion at noon on Monday. If judge Michael McShane strikes down Oregon’s law excluding same-sex couples from marriage, all loving and committed couples in Oregon could be granted the freedom to marry. “We don’t know which way the judge will rule, but …

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NOM Has The Oregon Sadz

“We are disappointed in the ruling today denying the National Organization for Marriage the ability to intervene in this case. We believe that our members in the state and the people of Oregon are entitled to a vigorous defense of the marriage amendment adopted overwhelmingly by Oregon voters. We disagree with the Judge’s finding that our motion was untimely. Although …

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BREAKING: Oregon Judge REJECTS NOM’s Motion To Intervene In Marriage Case

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OREGON: Today Could Be The Day

NOM’s demand to intervene in Oregon’s marriage case is being heard today by openly gay U.S. District Judge Michael McShane. Here’s what could happen. Groups backing gay marriage say it is possible that Judge McShane could issue a decision at the end of the hearing on whether to overturn Oregon’s ban on same-sex marriage. “It could happen,” said Peter Zuckerman, …

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OREGON: Judge To Hear Arguments On NOM’s Motion To Intervene On Wednesday

On Wednesday, openly gay U.S. District Court Judge Michael McShane will hear oral arguments on NOM’s motion to intervene in Oregon’s marriage case. This weekend NOM chairman John Eastman filed a brief in which he blasts Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum for “dereliction of duty” for her refusal to defend the state’s marriage ban. The NOM brief said that while …

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Matt Baume: Marriage News Watch

Clip description: AFER heads back to court this week to protect its latest marriage equality win. Kentucky’s Attorney General is running to become the state’s first pro-equality Governor. Oregon surveys look encouraging, but voters could still pass a turn-away-the-gays discrimination bill. And a new public education campaign in puts LGBT family members front and center in Oklahoma.

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OREGON: AG Ellen Rosenblum Files Objection To NOM’s Demand To Intervene

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum has filed an objection to NOM’s demand to intervene in that state’s marriage equality case, calling it an “unreasonable” delaying tactic. Rosenblum, who has joined plaintiffs in urging the judge to overturn Oregon’s ban on same-sex marriage, charged that the anti-gay marriage group had no reasonable basis for waiting so long before attempting to intervene …

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Matt Baume: Marriage News Watch

Clip recap: The National Organization for Marriage is scrambling to defend Oregon’s marriage ban at the last minute, but things aren’t exactly going how they’d hoped. The case to overturn Virginia’s marriage ban gets a boost from one of the authors of the state’s constitution. And the Governor of Pennsylvania wants to skip a trial on marriage and go straight …

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NOM Chairman: Oregon Is Colluding With Gay Activists To Block Out Opponents

“What is occurring in Oregon is the plaintiffs are colluding with the government to get a pre-ordained result that fits with their political agenda notwithstanding the fact that the voters of Oregon voted overwhelmingly to define marriage as one man and one woman. Judge Michael McShane held a hearing in Oregon yesterday where everybody participating–two sets of plaintiffs and two …

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OREGON: Marriage Gets Its Hearing

Here’s how things went in Oregon yesterday: Lawyers for four gay and lesbian couples and the state of Oregon urged a federal judge Wednesday to strike down Oregon’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. No comments were made in favor of the ban, so lawyers on both sides of the case were in the rare position of asking for the same …

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OREGON: Marriage Case Begins Today

At 1:30PM today local time, openly gay federal Judge Michael McShane will hear opening arguments in Oregon’s marriage equality case. But there won’t be any actual arguing, because both the state and the plaintiffs agree that the gay marriage ban should be overturned. Here’s what could happen: McShane says he won’t rule on the case itself until at least after …

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OREGON: Judge Denies NOM’s Attempt To Delay Marriage Equality Arguments

From Oregon United: Moments ago, Judge Michael McShane denied the National Organization for Marriage’s attempt to delay tomorrow’s scheduled oral arguments in federal lawsuit challenging Oregon’s marriage ban. Previously, no party had stepped up to defend the ban. But this morning, the D.C.-based NOM filed a motion requesting to intervene in the case, simultaneously urging the judge to delay Wednesday’s …

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OREGON: Life Sentence For Mother Found Guilty Of Murdering Toddler That She Believed To Be Gay

Oregon’s KGW-TV reports: The mother of a murdered 4-year-old Tigard boy was sentenced Friday to life in prison. During Jessica Dutro’s trial, prosecutors argued that she killed her son, Zachary, in part because she believed he was gay. She was found guilty of murder, murder by abuse and second-degree assault. Investigators said Dutro and her boyfriend, Brian Canady, beat the …

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OREGON: An Openly Gay Federal Judge Will Hear Next Week’s Marriage Case

Openly gay US District Court Judge Michael J. McShane will hear next week’s marriage equality case in Oregon. Unlike the five federal judges who have struck down laws prohibiting same-sex marriages in other states in recent months, McShane won’t have anyone in the courtroom defending Oregon’s constitutional ban when he holds oral arguments Wednesday. And, unlike the other judges, McShane …

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Oregon Readies Gay Marriage Licenses

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum declared in February that she will not defend the state against the marriage equality suit filed in October 2013 by local attorneys on behalf of two gay couples. That case hasn’t even been heard yet, much less ruled upon, but the state is getting ready for good news. Via the Associated Press: In light of …

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Catholic Priest Arrested For Attempting To Lure 14 Year-Old Girl Into His Car

Archdiocese Of Portland’s Father Michael T. Patrick has been arrested for attempted to lure a 14 year-old girl into his car on the streets of Vancouver. Patrick, 57, is being held in the Los Angeles County Jail after being arrested as he returned from a trip to Australia. He’s being detained on a Clark County arrest warrant. The alleged incident …

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OREGON: Four Students Wear Anti-Gay Shirts On Day Of Silence

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Matt Baume: Marriage News Watch

Clip recap: “Anti-gay groups are getting desperate, with one candidate for governor comparing marriage equality to murder. An Alabama scheme to slip a marriage ban into the US Constitution is moving forward but is pretty much guaranteed to fail. A judge in Ohio rules that marriage equality isn’t only for dead people anymore. Plus, a major marriage victory in Utah …

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Mother Found Guilty Of Murdering Toddler That She Believed To Be Gay

A 25 year-old Oregon woman was today found guilty of murdering her four year-old son after the jury was shown Facebook messages in which the woman expressed revulsion because she believed that her child was destined to be gay. Washington County jurors took a little more than an hour to reach a unanimous verdict. They found her guilty on all …

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