Just received this news prompt moments ago:
Oregon became the 18th state to allow gay marriage after a federal judge on Monday struck down a voter-approved ban.
U.S. District Judge Michael McShane held that the ban violates the Constitution by discriminating against gay couples. He ordered the state not to enforce it.
Last week a request by the National Organization for Marriage sought an emergency stay of the decision that threw out a 2004 ban on gay marriage but was denied after an appeal in the 9th U.S. court of appeals
Eighteen states and the District of Columbia allow gay marriage. Judges in seven other states — Idaho, Oklahoma, Virginia, Michigan, Texas, Utah and Arkansas — have found gay-marriage bans to be unconstitutional, but those rulings are tied up in appeals.
Judges also have ordered Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee to recognize same-sex marriages from other states.
Woot! just a quick good news report :)