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)
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)
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)
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Launched in 1999, Christianity Today’s Weblog was not just one of the first religion-oriented weblogs, but one of the first published by a media organization. (Hence its rather bland title.) Mostly compiled by then-online editor Ted Olsen, Weblog rounded up religion news and opinion pieces from publications around the world. As Christianity Today’s website grew, it launched other blogs. Olsen took on management responsibilities, and the Weblog feature as such was mothballed. But CT’s efforts to round up important news and opinion from around the web continues, especially on our Gleanings feature.
Ted Olsen is Christianity Today's managing editor for news and online journalism. He wrote the magazine's Weblog—a collection of news and opinion articles from mainstream news sources around the world—from 1999 to 2006. In 2004, the magazine launched Weblog in Print, which looks for unexpected connections and trends in articles appearing in the mainstream press. The column was later renamed "Tidings" and ran until 2007.
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