Michael McShane

PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge threw out Oregon’s same-sex marriage ban Monday, marking the 13th consecutive legal victory for gay marriage advocates since last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned part of a federal ban.

PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge was expected to make Oregon the latest state to allow gay marriage after state officials refused to defend its constitutional ban in court, and gay couples were poised to tie the knot right after the ruling.

PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge says he’ll issue a decision next week on a constitutional challenge to Oregon’s same-sex marriage ban.

EUGENE, Ore. — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the National Organization for Marriage cannot defend Oregon’s ban on same-sex marriage after the state attorney general refused to do so, paving the way for a ruling on the ban that could come at any time.

EUGENE, Ore. — A federal judge will hear arguments Wednesday about whether a national group can defend Oregon’s ban on same-sex marriage because the state’s attorney general has refused to do so.

SALEM, Ore. — Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum has asked a federal judge not to allow the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) to intervene in a case to overturn the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.

EUGENE, Ore. — Lawyers for four gay and lesbian couples and the state of Oregon are urging a federal judge to strike down the state’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage.

EUGENE, Ore. — A federal judge in Oregon is ready to hear arguments about the state’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, but no one will be in court to defend the measure.

EUGENE, Ore. — A federal judge in Oregon said Tuesday he would not postpone a long-scheduled hearing challenging the state’s same-sex marriage ban to accommodate an eleventh hour request by the National Organization for Marriage to intervene in the suit and defend the ban.

SALEM, Ore. — The National Organization for Marriage said Monday it plans to file a motion to intervene and defend Oregon’s gay marriage ban from challenges in federal court.

SALEM, Ore. — The future of Oregon’s ban on same-sex marriage goes before a federal judge this week, and while critics will argue that it unconstitutionally discriminates against gays and lesbians, there appears to be little support for it to be upheld.