Weddings Undone

Oregon's Supreme court last week declared invalid the marriages of 3,022 gay couples wed last year in Multnomah County. Although Connecticut just passed a bill that would make it the second state, after Vermont, to legalize gay civil unions, same-sex marriages have run into legal trouble elsewhere. --By Jeninne Lee--St. John

SAN FRANCISCO Last year's 4,000 gay marriages were voided by the state supreme court, but another judge has ruled a ban on same-sex unions illegal

MULTNOMAH COUNTY, ORE. Even before last week's ruling, a backlash against the county's gay weddings helped pass an amendment banning them

NEW PALTZ, N.Y. Judges ruled 25 same-sex marriages invalid. And the mayor who wed them without licenses now faces misdemeanor charges

SANDOVAL COUNTY, N.M. Courts haven't ruled on the legality of 66 same-sex marriage licenses, but the state attorney general says they're invalid

ASBURY PARK, N.J.  After issuing 17 licenses, city officials stopped marrying same-sex couples, pending a lawsuit that would decide their legality

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