In court filings, Ore. AG backs same-sex marriage
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum says she's adding Oregon's name to legal briefs in support of U.S. Supreme Court cases that seek to strike down restrictions on same-sex marriage.
Rosenblum noted in a statement Thursday that Oregon voters in 2004 approved a constitutional amendment barring same-sex marriage. But, she said, the state's position in the Supreme Court cases "isn't about politics or popular opinion. It's about what's right."
Gov. John Kitzhaber lent his support to the statement.
Rosenblum said the friend-of-the court briefs deal with cases that challenge California's ban on same-sex marriage and the federal Defense of Marriage Act. The law defines marriage as between a man and a woman in deciding who can receive a range of federal benefits for married couples.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.
Adds a lot of credibility to "preppers" somehow........Â
I remember when women would powder their noses.
@trololol I think they stop once they need to powder the whole face.
I hate to be a troll here, but can news outlets not a find a better picture of her? Jebus, the second I see her I have to go to another page...
I've met Ellen on several occasions, congratulated her on election night. She was elected by the majority in Oregon, to be the acting attorney general for the state as a whole, and she is acting in such manner. I applaud her conviction.
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Maybe if it hadn't been for the poor images left behind by Packwood and Sizemore (nope, I swear, not making up those names), maybe Oregonians would be more likely to vote for a Republican.
@pdxd Or, if the Oregon Republican party actually had some leadership and good people willing to be candidates.
I'm gay gotta love me
@Bert We do.
Isn't there way more important things for the AG to be dealing with? Like maybe the illegal immigration problem in Oregon? Priorities.
She should be impeached.
@sortbait I know you're Constitution-challenged, but on what grounds should she be impeached?  Do you know what impeachment is?
@Sundowner @sortbait Its the thought that counts.
@Sundowner @Janusfree @sortbait @pdxd Oh c'mon sundowner, you of all people should know what satire is. You obviously know what a troll is. I saw the humor intended, sorry you missed it.
@Janusfree @sortbait @pdxd Oh, is that it?  Or is it "if you repeat something enough times, people will begin to believe it"?  Still no clue what sortbait is talking about....still pretty sure he doesn't know what "impeachment" means.Â
@sundowner Isn't it when I get a warm fuzzy peach, and impale it?
Aren't their civil unions?
@Bert There are in some states; however, Civil Unions don't even begin to offer the same protections and benefits that marriage does. Marriage offers over 1300 different rights, from tax breaks, to visitation rights, to survivor benefits and many, many others. Civil Unions offer less than half of that total.