Big Week On The Same-Sex Marriage Front
Civil Unions Bill Introduced, Court Decision Imminent
An odd confluence of timing brought two announcements today. First, the Governor announced "announced that he and a bipartisan group of State Senators introduced legislation that would outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation and provide legal protections and recognition of committed, same-sex relationships through a civil union." Second, the Oregon Supreme Court announced that the decision in Li v. State of Oregon will be released tomorrow.
For more on both announcements, see the Basic Rights Oregon weblog. And KGW has a report on the civil unions bill.
According to the Supreme Court announcement, the opinion should be posted online at about 9:00 AM tomorrow morning. If we've gotten the naming scheme right, it should appear at this link when it's posted.
Meanwhile, the civil unions bill -- SB 1000 -- does not yet appear in the list of published bills.
April 13, 2005 at 02:32 PM
Thanks for the note on this, b!x. For anyone who is interested in keeping well up to date on issues such as this from around the nation, I highly recommend Gay Rights Watch, another Oregon blog, at this location.
TJ
April 14, 2005 at 08:39 AM
Sp ct tossed the same-sex marriages.
April 14, 2005 at 08:52 AM
The verdict is in - follow B!x's link above.
Looks like bad news.
April 15, 2005 at 05:14 PM
The text of SB 1000 is now up. If you use Firefox, don't try the HTML version - read the PDF instead.