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Sunday, May 18, 2014

Federal judge rules advocacy group cannot defend Oregon same-sex marriage law

Federal judge rules advocacy group cannot defend Oregon same-sex marriage law
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Oregon [official website] on Wednesday rejected [transcript; NOM press release] an attempt [motion] by the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) [advocacy website] to intervene in litigation to defend the state's same-sex marriage ban. NOM presented the petition in oral argument, and it was immediately denied by Judge Michael McShane, who questioned why the would-be intervenors failed to timely file the petition or why they failed to file an... [more].

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