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It's a slow news day, so just links today.

Same-sex marriage in Oregon:

• Judge calls a gay-wedding timeout | County Judge Frank Bearden's ruling seeks to advance both constitutional rights and public consensus (The Oregonian)
  
  
• Ruling pleases all for now | Multnomah County Circuit Judge Frank L. Bearden came to the sweeping conclusion that Oregon's marriage law discriminates against gays and lesbians in violation of the state constitution. But he also said the constitution probably would allow the state to define marriage as being between a man and a woman, as long as it extended the more than 500 tangible benefits of marriage to gay and lesbian couples (The Oregonian)
  
  
• Judge calls on Legislature to act on gay marriage | House and Senate leaders remain sharply divided about the issue (The Statesman-Journal, Salem, Ore.)
  
  
• Two women barely miss cutoff time to get marriage license | They expected to have until Thursday to make their union official (Associated Press)
  
  
• Gay 'marriage' licenses halted | The last county in the nation issuing "marriage" licenses to homosexual couples was ordered to stop yesterday by an Oregon judge (The Washington Times)
  
  
• Oregon judge orders halt to gay weddings (Associated Press)
  
  
• Don't rush a decision on same-sex marriage | Resolving the contentious issue needs a common-sense approach (Editorial, The Statesman-Journal, Salem, Ore.)
  
  

Same-sex marriage and related issues elsewhere:

• Massachusetts' highest court is asked to delay gay marriage | Seeking to keep same-sex marriages from taking place as scheduled on May 17, the head of a conservative Roman Catholic group filed a petition for a delay (The New York Times)
  
  
• Vote postponed on a registry of gay unions | Although none of the Suffolk County Legislature's 18 members voiced any reservations or criticism, they remain sharply divided over the issue, which failed to pass in previous years (The New York Times)
  
  
• Gay marriage issue ducked | Lots of hassles caused by terminology (Canadian Press)
  
  
• Also: Bishop Tutu not to endorse gay marriage, prefers 'blessing unions' | Asked outside the church on his position on same-sex marriage, Tutu, an Anglican, said he "would prefer we didn't call it marriage" (The Hindu, India)
  
  
• California legislators support same-sex marriage | Assembly panel OKs bill to grant full rights to gay couples, but it is unlikely to become law (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Activists start petition to ban gay marriage | They need to collect 318,000 signatures by July 6 (Traverse City Record Eagle, Mi.)
  
  

Marriage and family:

• Iowa bill promotes premarital counseling | Couples would have to undergo 12 hours of premarital counseling or face longer waits for a marriage license under a bill approved Tuesday by the Iowa Senate and sent to the governor (Associated Press)
  
  
• Committed to marriage for the masses | Polyamorists say they relate honestly to multiple partners (San Francisco Chronicle)
  
  
• Father knows worst | Why paternity doesn't suit Hollywood (Gaby Wenig, The Weekly Standard)
  
  

Boston's Catholic archdiocese sells land to Boston College:

• Diocesan headquarters sold to Boston College | Brighton land nets $107.4m (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• School grabs the chance to expand its footprint | Plan to use land for offices, playing fields, and parking (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• For 2 entities with needs, deal was a match | Real estate specialists said yesterday it will be difficult to ultimately determine which institution got the better of the deal (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Boston archdiocese to sell land to raise $100 million (The New York Times)
  
  

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