“It would misunderstand these men and women to say they disrespect the idea of marriage. Their plea is that they do respect it, respect it so deeply that they seek to find its fulfillment for themselves.” Same-sex marriage is legal in every state, y’all. The Supreme Court says so.
The decision’s huge and historic, obviously, but mostly affects the 14 states that were still clinging to the scraps of formerly legal same-sex marriage bans. Marriages are already taking place in some of those states. Sorry, Michigan. Welcome to 2015 Georgia. Etc.
Republicans are smarting! Yesterday the court upheld Obamacare. Today same-sex marriage. Terrible presidential candidate Scott Walker is not pleased.
So Portland’s not going to get the millions in state transportation funding it hoped for. Mayor Charlie Hales and Commissioner Steve Novick abandoned their plans for a street fee months ago, saying they wanted the legislature to take a crack at finding money. That’s now fallen through because roads money and environmental policy found themselves at odds in this legislative session. So what’s Portland gonna do? People in Hales and Novick’s offices are just thanking legislators profusely for trying, and say they’re still waiting for something to happen in Salem.
Is the Trail Blazers’ best player leaving? The team’s general manager is offering only the limpest denials that LaMarcus Aldridge is headed out of town, so probably so.
Multnomah County prosecutors are considering a new approach to battling the gang violence they say has gotten out of hand: Shipping people who help cops to another city, witness-protection style.
A group that was trying to turn Old Town’s Grove Hotel into a hostel is suing the city, claiming the nearby homeless camp Right 2 Dream Too hurt the property’s assessed value by almost $1 million.
Is the popularity of Oregon’s Independent Party fraudulent? Republicans and Democrats agree that it is.
Terror attacks are popping up all over today—in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
It’s gonna be hot forever.
