Good As You: Oregon Roundup
11/10/2010
Video: In Oregon, Maggie wants to take her 'they'll call us bigots' claims off table; Elsewhere, the table is so crowded with her claims, it -- like NOM's house of cards -- is near collapse
Here's Maggie Gallagher speaking to Focus on the Family: "Gay activists treat Americans who disagree with them about same-sex marriage like bigots." [SOURCE] Maggie in her syndicated column: "When I entered this debate in 2003, gay marriage advocates scoffed at...
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09/16/2009
D-OR offers D'OH on DOMA
When it comes to our relationships and the legal recognition thereof, there are some people who wish we would "repent." Fortunately, there are many others who realize that it is those who have trespassed against our civil equality who should...
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07/23/2009
A little too much T (and A)
Stu Rasmussen, the openly transgender mayor of Silverton, Oregon, is facing a brouhaha. But thankfully, it's not the mayor's gender identity that's irking some folks -- it's Stu's fashion identity. This from The Statesman Journal: The mayor's appearance at a...
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04/23/2009
OR, you could just let them marry
Q. Why can we never even begin to entertain the idea that it's acceptable to stop short of full marriage equality? A. Truly life and death matters like this: PORTLAND -- A visit to Oregon Health and Science University hospital...
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01/02/2009
Video: Portland's midnight Sam Adams toast
On New Year's Day, the last thing this writer wanted was a Sam Adams. Even though I do enjoy that line of beer, after my night of New Year's Eve drinking, the thought of consuming any kind of brewskie was...
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06/16/2008
Not a good day to be a Pacific Coast-based antigay
Gay opponents in Oregon are throwing in the proverbial towel for the time being. Beaver State social conservatives have announced that they're ditching their attempts to repeal two pro-gay laws, one that extends domestic partnership protections, and another that bans...
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05/21/2008
Portland pops open a Sam Adams
Barack Obama wasn't the only Dem who had a big victory in Portland last night. Openly gay Sam Adams was also elected mayor of the Oregon burg, making him the first out and proud person to be voted into the...
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03/20/2008
Rep. Thatcher: Wants to screw us without 'protection'
Conservatives are of course known for making false statements about our lives and loves, and what negative impacts those existences supposedly have on society. And while it's quite enraging anytime they work to deny us our full citizenship, it is...
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02/04/2008
Beaver State gays: Go get yeself a DP-ship
Good news, Oregon gays: A judge has lifted the temporary injunction that has kept the state's domestic partnership law from taking effect. This means that as of this morning, you and your DP-to-be can head down to your local government...
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01/10/2008
Opposition: Please lose your fear-mongery crystal balls
Want another example of just how unwilling our opposition is to actually listen to what we are telling them? Well, check this out. While expressing his fears regarding the currently-stalled law that (hopefully) will give couples in the Beaver State...
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12/31/2007
OR DPs paused b/c of BS
Oh to be gay in America. Even when we think we get to take some sort of interim step on the road to full equality, our opposition often sticks their necks in to halt the growing tolerance in their midst....
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