Gay marriage: Judge rejects attempt to intervene; ruling to overturn Oregon ban may follow

[theHandpuppet]

Gay marriage: Judge rejects attempt to intervene; ruling to overturn Oregon ban may follow
By Jeff Mapes
OregonLive
May 14, 2014

EUGENE -- U.S. District Judge Michael McShane on Wednesday rejected an attempt by an anti-gay marriage group to intervene in the lawsuit seeking to overturn Oregon's ban on same-sex marriage.

McShane's ruling raised expectations by gay marriage supporters that his next step will be to overturn the 2004 voter-approved constitutional amendment limiting marriage to one man and one woman.

The judge's decision to reject an attempt by the National Organization for Marriage to intervene leaves all of the official parties in the case -- including Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum -- arguing that Oregon's prohibition violates the federal equal protection of rights of gay and lesbian couples seeking to marry.

"We feel very confident this is headed in the right direction," said David Fidanque, executive director of the Oregon chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, which is representing some of the plaintiffs in the case. He noted that 13 federal judges in a row -- including one in Idaho on Tuesday -- have now issued rulings granting additional legal status for gay marriages....

MORE at http://www.oregonlive.com/mapes/index.ssf/2014/05/gay_marriage_judge_rejects_att.html

[shenmue]

1. Ha ha!

[longship]

2. The dam is breached.

These cases are going to collapse the gay marriage bans. No judge is going to credibly go against these trends.

R&K

[theHandpuppet]

3. NOM has scheduled its "March for Marriage" on June 19th in D.C.

"March for Marriage" is a misnomer -- it's actually a march against gay marriage and for what they call "traditional" marriage.
http://www.marriagemarch.org/

Here are their sponsors:
http://www.marriagemarch.org/sponsors/

And their guest speakers:
http://www.marriagemarch.org/schedule/

[burrowowl]

4. Thanks for info!

[pinto]

5. kick

[joeybee12]

6. And the judge ruled correctly...

http://www.oregonlive.com/mapes/index.ssf/2014/05/oregon_gay_marriage_ban_struck.html