Gay marriages voided

The week's news at a glance.

Salem, Ore.

The Oregon Supreme Court has nullified marriage licenses that a county government issued to 3,000 gay couples last year. The court said that officials in Multnomah County had no right to simply ignore a state law defining marriage as being between a man and a woman, even if they thought it was unconstitutional. The county, which includes Portland, issued marriage licenses to homosexual couples for six weeks, beginning last April, until a judge ordered it to stop. In November, voters settled the matter by approving a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage everywhere in the state.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
To continue reading this article...
Continue reading this article and get limited website access each month.
Get unlimited website access, exclusive newsletters plus much more.
Cancel or pause at any time.
Already a subscriber to The Week?
Not sure which email you used for your subscription? Contact us