Oregon Domestic-partnership law takes effect
Same-sex couples may begin as early as Monday to register as domestic partners in Oregon, obtaining some benefits comparable to marriage, as a result of a federal judge’s ruling Friday . . .
Judge Michael Mosman ended a 34-day stay on Oregon’s domestic-partnership law, which the 2007 Legislature passed and which was scheduled to take effect Jan. 1.
He turned down a request by the Alliance Defense Fund of Scottsdale, Ariz., which represented about one-dozen voters who complained that state and county elections officials wrongly disqualified their signatures on referendum petitions seeking to force a statewide election on the law Nov. 4 . . .
Austin R. Nimocks, the lead counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, said the group would appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. He declined to say whether he would seek a new stay of the law . . .
Read more in the report by Peter Wong on the Statesman Journal.
Our earlier coverage, including links to ADF’s press release and the court transcript of the ruling are here and here.
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