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Judge consolidates Oregon gay-marriage lawsuits
Source: Associated Press
Judge consolidates Oregon gay-marriage lawsuits
AP foreign, Thursday January 23 2014
STEVEN DUBOIS
Associated Press= PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon's ban on same-sex marriage might be overturned before voters receive their ballots this fall.
A federal judge in Eugene on Wednesday decided to consolidate two lawsuits alleging Oregon's ban violates the U.S. Constitution. Judge Michael McShane, an Obama appointee, set oral arguments for April 23.
Portland attorneys Lake Perriguey and Lea Ann Easton filed a lawsuit in October on behalf of two women in a relationship for more than 30 years. Two months later, the American Civil Liberties Union and lawyers from two firms went to court on behalf of a lesbian couple and a gay couple.
Perriguey opposed a motion to combine the lawsuits, concerned it would delay a ruling. The lawyers who filed the December lawsuit supported consolidation, saying the cases present the same legal issues and it wouldn't significantly prolong the outcome.
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AP foreign, Thursday January 23 2014
STEVEN DUBOIS
Associated Press= PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon's ban on same-sex marriage might be overturned before voters receive their ballots this fall.
A federal judge in Eugene on Wednesday decided to consolidate two lawsuits alleging Oregon's ban violates the U.S. Constitution. Judge Michael McShane, an Obama appointee, set oral arguments for April 23.
Portland attorneys Lake Perriguey and Lea Ann Easton filed a lawsuit in October on behalf of two women in a relationship for more than 30 years. Two months later, the American Civil Liberties Union and lawyers from two firms went to court on behalf of a lesbian couple and a gay couple.
Perriguey opposed a motion to combine the lawsuits, concerned it would delay a ruling. The lawyers who filed the December lawsuit supported consolidation, saying the cases present the same legal issues and it wouldn't significantly prolong the outcome.
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