The headline is wrong; Benton County doesn't have the power to "ban" marriages. Any wedding scheduled for that area can go on as planned, the couple will just have to get their license in a neighboring county. However, this act is even more blatantly illegal than Gavin Newsom's criminality was. As I noted the other day, Oregon is a shall-issue state, and that applies to marriage licenses as well as gun permits. It would be nice if at least one straight couple would sue these jerks rather than take the easy way out.