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Another Ore. bakery refuses to provide wedding cake for same-sex couple
HOOD RIVER, Ore. – A lesbian couple in Oregon who went to find a baker for their wedding cake said they were turned away from a local bakery because they are gay.
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With R.I. a done deal, focus shifts to gay marriage bills in six other states
With Rhode Island poised to become the 10th state to legalize same-sex marriage following a key vote in the state’s General Assembly scheduled for Thursday, supporters of marriage equality are shifting their focus to other states.
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Federal judge rules same-sex spouse should get health benefits
SALEM, Ore. — A federal appellate judge ruled this week the judiciary must grant health care benefits to the same-sex spouse of a federal public defender in Portland, and ruled that Oregon’s same-sex marriage ban, enacted by voters in 2004, and the federal Defense of Marriage Act are both unconstitutional.
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Oregon AG’s office rejects gay marriage opponents’ effort to confuse voters on ballot title
SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon attorney general’s office on Friday rejected an attempt by gay marriage opponents to confuse voters by rewriting the ballot title for a proposed initiative that would legalize same-sex marriage in Oregon.
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Oregon elementary school principal says he’s losing his job because he is gay
GRESHAM, Ore. — About a dozen parents and students wore pink T-shirts to the Thursday night school board meeting in Gresham in support of a principal who said he’s losing his job because he’s gay.
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Oregon marriage equality supporters submit sponsorship petitions
Oregon United for Marriage, a broad coalition working to legalize same-sex marriage in Oregon, submitted 2,000 sponsorship signatures to the Secretary of State Elections Office on Tuesday, twice the number needed to move move into the ballot title process.
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Five arrested in possible gay bashing after luring man to park for sex
GRESHAM, Ore. — Police in Gresham, Ore., said they have arrested five young people for beating and robbing a man they lured into a park under the pretense that he would be meeting another man for sex.
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Veterans Affairs grants burial rights for Oregon veteran’s same-sex spouse
The Department of Veterans Affairs has decided to allow the same-sex spouse of a member of the military to be buried in a U.S. national cemetery. VA Secretary Eric Shinseki used his discretionary authority to allow the burial of Nancy Lynchild’s ashes, the agency said Thursday.
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Current, former Oregon governors sign petition supporting gay marriage
PORTLAND, Ore. – Supporters of same-sex marriage have chosen, not so coincidentally, Valentine’s Day to start their campaign to reverse Oregon’s voter-approved ban on gay marriage.
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Marriage equality supporters seek to repeal Oregon’s ban on gay marriage
SALEM, Ore. — Supporters of same-sex marriage said Monday they’re aiming at a vote next year to reverse Oregon’s ban on gay marriage, which was approved in 2004.