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treatment for all citizens.
If approved by the Supreme Court
and voters this fall, the initiative
would amend the Oregon Constitu
tion to say: "It is the policy of Oregon,
and its political subdivisions, that
only a marriage between one man
and one woman shall be valid or
legally recognized as a marriage."
The Defense of Marriage Coalition
will begin collecting signatures as
soon as the ballot title gains final ap
proval, according to a coalition press
release. Tim Nashif of the Defense of
Marriage Coalition said he doesn't ex
pect any reconsideration requests,
adding that any requests would be a
misuse of procedure to stop the ballot
initiative from going to voters.
"It's almost unethical to do it," he
said. "There's nothing to be reconsid
ered."
Nashif said the group is gearing up
to collect signatures.
"We consider ourselves right now
in the petition-gathering stage," he
said.
Nashif also said he is hopeful that
proponents will be able to gather
enough signatures. He said his organ
ization will pay close attention to
"I think it seems more
logical to be decided
by the voters.... I don't
think politicians deserve
the right to decide
something for this
amount of people."
Cody Wilson
University sophomore
making sure that petitioning guide
lines are followed to ensure that valid
signatures are collected.
He added that he hopes citizens be
come involved and give their input on
the legality of same-sex marriage.
"We would like them, if they feel
deeply about this issue, to get in
volved and help us gather signatures,"
Nashif said.
Sophomore Cody Wilson said he
feels taking the issue of gay marriage
to voters is the right choice.
"1 think it seems more logical to be
decided by the voters," he said. "I
don't think politicians deserve the
right to decide something for this
amount of people."
Sophomore Erin Andrews dis
agreed, saying the Supreme Court
should decide the fate of same-sex
marriage.
"I think there's too many people
who are still against it, so there'd be
no chance for same-sex marriages to
happen," she said.
House Speaker Karen Minnis, R
Wood Village, said last week that she
will no longer bring up a similar
measure designed to ban gay mar
riage in a June special session, which
was initially set to work on tax reform.
Minnis said she hopes the removal of
the contentious issue will encourage
Democrats to meet.
"Now that this issue is off the
table for special session, I hope the
Democrats, and particularly the Sen
ate Democrats, will join us in June
as we fulfill our duty to work on tax
reform," Minnis said in a May 14
press release. "We have a great op
portunity before us to enact mean
ingful reforms — I hope the legisla
ture will seize it."
Dave Miller, chief of staff for the
Senate Democratic Leadership Of
fice, said Minnis' decision doesn't af
fect the stance of his party, saying tax
reform issues should be the focus of
any special session that is called.
"For us, we had never considered
other issues aside from tax-reform
(for the special session)," he said.
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at parkerhowell@dailyemerald.com.
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