You may be aware that since this time (April) last year, NOM has been nothing but a massive pain in the ass to Oregon and the Ninth Circuit.
Now, that pain in the ass has finally been defeated.
From The New Civil Rights Movement:
In yet another loss for the National Organization For Marriage (NOM), today the U.S. Supreme Court denied to hear the anti-gay marriage group's challenge to an Oregon same-sex marriage case that was already decided last year.
Although same-sex couples have been legally marrying since May of 2014, NOM petitioned the nation's top court to allow it to challenge U.S. District Judge Michael McShane's ruling that had been upheld at the appellate level. Today, the Supreme Court listed NOM's request among many others that were denied.
"It's a good day," Portland attorney Lake Perriguey, involved in one of the cases that struck down the same-sex marriage ban in the Beaver State, told The Oregonian. "It's a distraction we don't have to worry about anymore."
This is their seventh straight loss, after 1) being denied to intervene by the district court, 2) being denied a stay by the district court, 3) being denied a stay by the Ninth Circuit, 4) being denied a stay by the Supreme Court, 5) being denied to intervene by the Ninth Circuit, 6) having their en banc appeal turned away, 7) and now having their cert petition turned away.
This should be the last we hear of it, although I wouldn't be surprised if they still think they have an avenue of appeal.