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Thursday, August 14

Appeals court throws out last-ditch challenge to Ore. domestic partnerships

Source: Eugene Register Guard , Just Out , Oregonian , Salem News (BRO press release) OR anti-gay initiatives A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected an attempt to force a vote on Oregon's domestic partnership law. Opponents the law sued after elections officials said in October 2007 that they...

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Thursday, August 14

Appeals court throws out last-ditch challenge to Oregon domestic partnerships

Source: Eugene Register Guard , Just Out , Oregonian , Salem News (BRO press release) OR anti-gay initiatives A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected an attempt to force a vote on Oregon's domestic partnership law. Opponents the law sued after elections officials said in October 2007 that they...

Posted to Qnews (Weblog) by NewsEditor on 08-14-2008
Sunday, August 10

Judge rejects challenge by CA anti-marriage groups, won't change Prop. 8 ballot title

Source: Sacramento Bee , San Francisco Chronicle A ballot label that says Proposition 8 "eliminates (the) right of same-sex couples to marry" will remain intact after a Sacramento County judge today dismissed a challenge by supporters of the measure. The language will accompany the measure...

Posted to Qnews (Weblog) by NewsEditor on 08-10-2008
Tuesday, August 05

California's top lawyer doesn't think Prop. 8 would make existing marriages invalid

Source: San Francisco Chronicle , San Jose Mercury News , Sacramento Bee California's Attorney General, Jerry Brown, said Monday that he does not believe that Prop. 8 -- the state's marriage limitation amendment -- would invalidate existing marriages if passed. The ballot measure aims to amend...

Posted to Qnews (Weblog) by NewsEditor on 08-05-2008
Tuesday, July 29

Prop. 8 ballot summary changed, prompting yet another lawsuit

Source: Sacramento Bee , Los Angeles Times , McClatchy Newspapers via Olympian The influential ballot summary of the initiative to ban marriage equality in California has been rewritten, and opponents of Proposition 8 are calling the new version "good news." Supporters of Proposition 8 said...

Posted to Qnews (Weblog) by NewsEditor on 07-29-2008
Wednesday, May 21

Oregon's marriage-equality ban upheld by appeals court

Source: Oregonian , Court decision , Statesman Journal Oregon's second-highest court today upheld a 2004 ballot measure that limits marriage to heterosexual couples. The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled a week after the California Supreme Court struck down that state's ban on same-sex marriage as...

Posted to Qnews (Weblog) by NewsEditor on 05-21-2008
Saturday, May 17

Gay marriages in California likely to remain valid even if anti-gay amendment passes in November

Source: San Diego Union Tribune , Associated Press via Boston Herald CA marriage case SACRAMENTO -- Gay and lesbian couples who get married in the next several months aren't likely to have their licenses invalidated if voters approve a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in November, according...

Posted to Qnews (Weblog) by NewsEditor on 05-17-2008

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Appeals court throws out last-ditch challenge to Ore. domestic partnerships

Appeals court throws out last-ditch challenge to Oregon domestic partnerships

Judge rejects challenge by CA anti-marriage groups, won't change Prop. 8 ballot title

California's top lawyer doesn't think Prop. 8 would make existing marriages invalid

Prop. 8 ballot summary changed, prompting yet another lawsuit

Oregon's marriage-equality ban upheld by appeals court

Gay marriages in California likely to remain valid even if anti-gay amendment passes in November

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