NEW MARRIAGE LAWS FACING COURT TESTS: From the Washington Times

Legal wrangling over new state constitutional amendments on marriage is already under way in Oregon, Louisiana and Oklahoma, and expected within a few weeks in Georgia.

The most explosive case is likely to be in Oregon, where plaintiffs representing 3,000 same-sex couples are suing to have their "marriages" recognized.

Oral arguments before the Oregon Supreme Court had been scheduled for Nov. 17, but now that voters have passed Oregon's constitutional marriage amendment, the high court has rescheduled arguments for Dec. 15. ...

The new amendment doesn't explicitly forbid same-sex "marriage" or civil unions, said David Fidanque, executive director of the ACLU state office. "It is way too early" to predict how the high court will react to the new marriage amendment, he added.

Oregon's amendment says that "only a marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid or legally recognized as a marriage."

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