Civil union ruling puts federal judge in the spotlight

[davidinalameda]

http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2008/02/michael_lloydus_district_judge.html

U.S. District Judge Michael Mosman seems an unlikely ally in the fight for gay rights.

On Friday, Mosman, 51, a Bush appointee with solid conservative credentials, tossed out a challenge to Oregon's new civil-unions law. That suit sought to block the domestic partnership law passed by the Legislature and force a public vote.

The ruling put the new law, which originally was supposed to take effect in early January, into effect immediately. It entitles same-sex couples to most of the duties and benefits that married residents receive.

By 8 a.m., dozens of couples had lined up at the Multnomah County building and a cheer could be heard as the doors prepared to open.

[MadMaddie]

1. Good for Oregon.

[DarkTirade]

2. Nice to know that even conservatives can put aside their ideology

and still deal in little things like 'equal rights'.

[TechBear_Seattle]

3. Don't you mean crosshairs?

He is "obviously" a judicial activist in the pay of Those Out To Destroy America.