In Novemember of 2004, Oregon voters passed Measure 36, with something like 62% of votes in its favor. Measure 36 defined legal marriage as existing only between a man and a woman. Multnomah county (the most populated one in the state) has been issuing marriages to same sex-couples since last April; 6 weeks afterwards, a judge demanded a halt in the practice, by this time though, 3,000 same-sex couples had gotten married. So just 5 or 6 days ago, the state decided that a county didn't have the right recognize the marriages if the state forbade them (as of Measure 36 passing), as a result, these 3,000 marriages were nullified.