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Bakery that refused wedding cake for lesbian couple closes its doors
GRESHAM, Ore. — The Oregon bakery that is the target of a discrimination complaint for refusing to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple’s wedding, has closed its doors.
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Portland, Ore., bar owner fined $400,000 for banning transgender patrons
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland bar owner has been ordered to pay about $400,000 to a group of transgender patrons he banned from his establishment last year.
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Cab driver loses license after leaving lesbian couple on side of interstate
PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon cab driver has lost his taxi license after he was accused of leaving a couple on the side of an interstate last month because they are gay.
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Gay couple files complaint against bakery for refusing wedding cake
PORTLAND, Ore. — A same-sex couple in Oregon who tried to buy a cake for their wedding has filed a discrimination complaint against the bakery that turned them down on religious grounds.
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Couple says they were kicked out of cab on interstate because they’re gay
PORTLAND, Ore. – A lesbian couple in Portland, Ore., say their cab ride was cut short Thursday night when the driver realized they are gay, and kicked them out and left them on the side of an interstate.
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Ore. gay marriage supporters to begin collecting petition signatures
PORTLAND, Ore. — Organizers of the effort to make same-sex marriage legal in Oregon say they will start collecting petition signatures Friday.
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Five sentenced for assaulting gay man after luring him to park for sex
PORTLAND, Ore. — Five teenagers accused of luring a 24-year-old gay man to a Gresham park to beat and rob him have been sentenced to terms ranging from probation to 2 ½ years in prison.
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Ore. gay marriage backers readying petitions for 2014 ballot initiative
PORTLAND, Ore. — Organizers of the effort to legalize same-sex marriage in Oregon say they have a final ballot title and will start collecting signatures this month to put the measure on the November 2014 ballot.
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Oregon county to require gender-neutral restrooms in all county buildings
PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon’s most populous county is requiring that gender-neutral bathrooms be included whenever a county-owned building is constructed or remodeled, a move to accommodate transgender employees and visitors.
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‘Christian’ bakeries are OK with sinful celebrations… but not gay weddings
PORTLAND, Ore. — Two Oregon bakeries who cited their moral principles and religious convictions as the basis for refusing to bake wedding cakes for gay couples, are seemingly selective in which Biblical “sins” they are willing to accommodate.