Recently, Oregon’s justice department released a legalopinion stating that Oregon state agencies must recognize legalized same- sexmarriages. The rational behind the decision was that there was not a legitimateor compelling state interest in refusing to recognize the out of state same –sexcouple marriages. Attorney General Mary Williams claims, “It is legallydefensible for Oregon agencies to recognize same-sex marriages validlyperformed in other jurisdictions.”
See Karen Gullo, Oregon Agencies Will Recognize Out- of- State Gay Marriages, Bloomberg, Oct. 18, 2013.
Special thanks to Brian Cohan (Attorney at Law, Law Offices of Brian J. Cohan, P.C.) for bringing this article to my attention.
