Quick Note: Oregon Attorney General Bows Out of Same-sex Marriage Fight

On Thursday, Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced that she will enforce her state's 2004 ban on same-sex marriage, but will not defend the ban in a suit brought against Oregon by four same-sex couples.   Citing recent decisions by federal district judges in cases brought against other states that such bans are unconstitutional under U.S. law, she said, "It is now clear that there is no rational basis for Oregon to refuse to honor the commitments made by same-sex couples in the same way it honors the commitments of opposite sex couples."  Her decision does not overturn Oregon's 2004 ban on same-sex marriage; but does stop the state from wasting resources defending a case that they will clearly lose.

This issue cannot be taken up by the Supreme Court soon enough.