Community Senator Merkley on Supreme Court Marriage Equality Cases: ‘Discrimination Has No Place in our Nation’s Laws’ by Gary Kopycinski on April 28, 2015 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Community: Save the date for The Prairie Party at theNate June 17, 2026 Blackhawk Tower Plaza Demolition Begins June 9, 2026 Park Forest Housing Cooperative to Honor Former Residents Philip Klutznick and Jim Edgar June 9, 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2015. Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in landmark cases that could bring marriage equality for same-sex couples to all 50 states: