The federal magistrate judge who issued yesterday's ruling declaring Idaho's marriage equality ban unconstitutional has just thwarted the Governor's request for a stay.
U.S. District Magistrate Judge Candy Dale wrote Wednesday morning that Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's appeal isn't likely to succeed, and so there's no reason to keep same-sex couples from seeking marriage licenses or marrying on Friday.
Dale said Idaho's law unconstitutionally denies gay and lesbian couples their fundamental right to marry and wrongly stigmatizes their families. She said the state must start issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples Friday morning.
In another
delicious blow to bigotry, an Oregon judge has denied the National Organization for Marriage's request to intervene in the state's own decision to strike down its marriage ban. NOM's case
was so flimsy that they refused to even name the Oregonians who they claimed to be representing.
Both of these actions today bring us closer to adding two more states to the rapidly growing list who have recognized the equality of its gay citizens to marry the person they love.
Equality is breaking out all over!
Via Joe. My. God.