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PORTLAND -- Although rebuffed in federal court here, a right-wing legal action agency is pressing ahead with attempts to force a statewide vote this November on overturning one of Oregon’s new gay rights laws passed last year by the state Legislature. In the meantime, representatives right-wing groups...

Source: Associated Press and Oregonian PORTLAND, Ore. -- A federal judge on Friday placed on hold a state domestic partnership law that was set to take effect Jan. 1, pending a February hearing. The law would give some spousal rights to same-sex couples. Opponents asked U.S. District Judge Michael W...