http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051105/ts_alt_afp/uspoliticsgaymarriage_051105002157
"Gay marriage supporters lost a battle to overturn a same-sex union ban endorsed by voters in the US state of Oregon last year.
Marion County Circuit Court Judge Joseph Guimond rejected arguments that the ban violated the state's constitution and interfered with the authority of local governments.
Measure 36, the proposition backed by voters, was a "properly characterized" amendment to the state constitution, Guimond wrote in his ruling."-AFP news, Nov. 4, 2005