HEADLINE VS. STORY: WHAT IS GOING ON IN OREGON?

The NY Times headline of this Associated Press story reads, "Ore. County Gays to Get Marriage Licenses."

But the story itself says: "An Oregon county that stopped issuing marriage licenses until a court could decide whether gay marriage was legal has been told to again offer them to couples.

"Senior Judge Wayne R. Harris ordered Benton County on Wednesday to resume issuing the licenses, saying officials had failed to provide a service. Though his order didn't specifically mention same-sex couples, officials expect licenses only will be given to marriages between a man and a woman."

The Chicago Tribune also used a "more gay marriages in Oregon" headline; 365Gay.com and the San Francisco Chronicle did not, saying only that marriage licenses (of kind unspecified) would be issued again. I'm betting that the Times and Tribune were wrong, but will of course update if these really are same-sex marriage licenses we're talking about.

posted by Eve at 2:00 PM VOTE

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