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Oregon In The
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Bill
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05/25/09.
A Coquille Indian Tribe law allowing same-sex marriage took
effect this week, and two women plan to marry Sunday on the
tribe's Coos Bay reservation. |
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Chris
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01/30/09.
The mayor of Portland, Ore., returned
to work this week after announcing that he would not resign
in the wake of revelations that he lied about having a
sexual relationship with an 18-year-old man. |
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Washington
Blade |
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01/06/09.
The clergy at one Ashland church
are refusing to sign marriage licenses until same-sex
couples can legally tie the knot. |
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Huffington
Post |
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11/09/08. Rasmussen,
60,
unseated
Silverton,
Oregon's
incumbent
mayor
Ken
Hector,
with
whom
he had
long
clashed,
by
1,988
to
1,512. |
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Leonard Link |
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09/30/08. An Oregon tax
magistrate ruled
that unmarried
different sex
couples are not
entitled to a
benefit that the
Oregon legislature
has provided to
same-sex couples. |
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Bill Graves |
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08/21/08. As a federally recognized sovereign
nation, the tribe is not bound by the Oregon's Constitution.
The tribe recently adopted a law that recognizes same-sex
marriage and extends to gay and lesbian partners, at least
one of whom must be a Coquille, all tribal benefits of
marriage. |
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365Gay.com |
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08/14/08. The 9th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals
said that Oregon
Secretary of State
Bill Bradbury did
not err when he
determined a
conservative group
had failed to gather
enough signatures to
place a repeal on
the November ballot. |
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Leonard Link |
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07/01/08. On Friday, June 27, the Oregon
Supreme Court issued two decisions, ruling on objections
that had been raised to the Attorney General's certified
ballot titles for Initiative Petitions 144 and 145. |
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365Gay.com |
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06/17/08. Opponents of two Oregon LGBT rights laws
are giving up their fight to have a repeal measure placed on
November's ballot, but say they may try to have it placed
before voters in 2010.
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Washington Blade |
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06/16/08.
Social conservatives
and church groups
are admitting defeat
in their efforts to
collect signatures
for initiatives to
repeal two Oregon
gay rights laws in
this November's
election. |
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