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Prosecutor says mom killed 4-year-old son she perceived to be gay
PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon woman on trial for the murder of her 4-year-old son believed the boy was gay and that was a motive behind the deadly beatings, a prosecutor said.
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Nation’s first transgender mayor auctions off shoes to get cash for his city
SILVERTON, Ore. — The nation’s first openly transgender mayor is now opening his closet doors to get cash for his city.
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Oregon AG certifies ballot title in proposed religious freedom initiative
SALEM, Ore. — Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum has issued a title for a proposed “religious freedom” ballot initiative, effective adopting wording sought by the initiative’s opponents.
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GOP divide on marriage equality on display at Oregon conference
SEASIDE, Ore. — Young Republican activists implored their party to support same-sex marriage Saturday, saying the GOP is destined to continue losing elections in Oregon if it doesn’t get behind an issue that’s gaining traction around the country.
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Oregon state regulators say cab driver violated lesbian couple’s rights
PORTLAND, Ore. — State regulators say a Portland cab driver violated the rights of lesbian couple he left on the side of a freeway last summer.
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Religious freedom bills: The latest effort to counter advances in marriage equality
WASHINGTON – Religious freedom bills in more than a dozen state legislatures this year mark the latest effort by opponents of same-sex marriage to counter the growing public acceptance of marriage equality, and the momentum of federal court rulings striking down state gay marriage bans.
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Oregon AG says she will not defend state’s gay marriage ban in court
SALEM, Ore. — Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said Thursday that she will not defend the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, saying it “cannot withstand a federal constitutional challenge under any standard of review.”
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Woman convicted, husband on trial for attack on gay couple walking pink poodle
BEAVERTON, Ore. — A jury in Oregon has convicted a 23-year-old woman for her role in the attack last year on a gay couple who were walking their pink-dyed pink poodle.
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Willamette kicker is first active college football player to come out as LGBT
SALEM, Ore. — Williamette University freshman kicker Conner Mertens has come out as bisexual, becoming the first active college football player to come out as LGBT.
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Family values group: Anti-discrimination laws are biased against Christians
In a new video from CitizenLink, the anti-gay political action affiliate of Focus on the Family, Stuart Shepard, CitizenLink’s senior director of media, says human rights and anti-discrimination laws designed to protect minorities are actually discriminatory toward Christians.