http://www.resonant.org/node/648 Comments for "Good news and bad news for same-sex partners" en http://www.resonant.org/node/648#comment-77 <p>for the trackback! I appreciate the linkage and the traffic.</p> <p>I remain optimistic about our fair state,<br /> TJ</p> Thu, 14 Apr 2005 17:11:48 -0400 Anonymous comment 77 at http://www.resonant.org http://www.resonant.org/node/648 <p>We'll start with the bad news, so we can end on a lighter hearted note. The Oregon Supreme Court has <a href="http://www.publications.ojd.state.or.us/S51612.htm">invalidated the same-sex marriage licenses</a> granted in Multnomah County last year. The reasoning appears to be that the county did not have the authority to remedy (or even decide upon) a matter involving the state constitution, existing statute defined marriages as between a man and a woman, and that the constitutional issue was only with whether or not the "benefits of marriage" could be withheld, not marriage itself. As a result, the 3,000 or so marriages licenses were deemed invalid to begin with.</p> <p><a href="http://www.resonant.org/node/648">read more</a></p> http://www.resonant.org/node/648#comments Civil Rights Thu, 14 Apr 2005 18:01:50 -0400 Zed 648 at http://www.resonant.org