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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: The Oregonian , Corvallis Gazette-Times , and KTVZ Hundreds crammed into a Portland community center and spilled onto the rainy street Wednesday evening for a candlelight vigil to lament a court ruling that blocks Oregon's civil unions law. Among them were Bev Balliett and Ruth Szilagyi,...

Source: Associated Press via Oregonian , Ashland Daily Tidings , and Corvallis Gazette-Times In Ashland, Corvallis, Pullman, Portland, and throughout the state of Oregon, couples who had planned to register as same-sex domestic partners Wednesday and celebrate in the evening now will attend candlelight...

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...