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Daily Archives: May 19th, 2014

Marriage equality is now the law of the land in the great state of Oregon, at long last!

Excerpt: Hur­rah for equal­i­ty! Moments ago, U.S. Dis­trict Judge Michael McShane hand­ed down a rul­ing declar­ing that Ore­gon’s pro­hi­bi­tion on mar­riages between LGBT cou­ples vio­lates the equal pro­tec­tion clause of the Unit­ed States Con­sti­tu­tion. He also refused to stay his deci­sion and allow a nation­al right wing orga­ni­za­tion to inter­vene in the case. That means cou­ples […]
Published at:1:32 PM on Monday, May 19th, 2014
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Breaking News, Civil Liberties, Policy Topics
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