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OR 9 7 2 1 0 Human Rights Campaign legislative director Chris Labonte (left) and board of governors member Jay Harter are working to stop the Federal Marriage Amendment organizations vs. the progressive organiza tions, there’s no way that we’ll he able to asic Rights Oregon and the Rural Organiz- : match dollar for dollar, hut we have gay, les bian, bisexual, transgender voters, their allies, ing Project are asking supporters to keep their eyes peeled for petitioners seeking signa- ! their parents, their friends, their neighbors— we need to get the message out to make sure tures for a state constitutional amendment to they get out to vote, too.” ban same-sex marriage. HRC is holding monthly meetings across the The Defense of Marriage Coalition has until country to organize against the Federal Marriage July 2 to gather about 100,000 signatures to Amendment. The next gathering will he held qualify the initiative for the November ballot. If 7 p.m. June 22 at a location to he determined. people see a petitioner, they are encouraged to alert BRO and ROP; complain to store man For more information visit hrc.meetup.com. agers and corporate headquarters; and help dis tribute fliers discouraging people from writing discrimination into the Oregon Constitution. arriage d “What is really being petitioned here is a | irs in eattle Denial of Marriage Act,” said Jenni Peskin, og Cabin Republicans began broadcasting a executive director of the Human Dignity Coali 30-second television commercial May 27 in tion in Bend, who was approached by a peti the Seattle area to fight the Federal Marriage tioner outside her local library. “By not signing Amendment. The ad aired on the east side of this petition and by telling your friends and fam King County to coincide with the Washington ily not to sign, we can prevent discriminatory State Republican Party convention in Bellevue. legislation from ever getting on the ballot." “As GOP leaders from across Washington state The Oregon Court of Appeals has temporar come together, this ad sends an important message: ily halted Judge Frank Beardens ruling requiring You can he a good and loyal Republican by oppos the state to register the unions of the 3,000-plus ing efforts to write discrimination into the Consti- same-sex couples who received marriage licens tution," said Brian Ballard, a national Log Cabin es between March 3 and April 20 in Multnom hoard member from Seattle. "To he the majority ah County. He had declared that the Oregon Constitution prohibits discrimination in the party.. .the GOP must continue to embrace its core principles: limited government, low taxes, a strong issuance of marriage licenses and that the Legis lature must remedy this situation within 90 days defense, personal responsibility and individual free dom. Extremism will lead to defeat.” of the start of its next session; in the meantime, The commercial uses excerpts from the 2000 marriage licenses no longer are being issued to same-sex couples in Multnomah County. vice presidential debate, when Dick Cheney declared that legal recognition of same-sex rela tionships should he "regulated by the states.” Report petitioners to A lissa Haslam at The ad has been airing in 10 other states and 503-222-6151 or alissa@basicrighLs.orf » and Marry Washington, D.C. W esterlmg at 503-543-8417 or m arcy@ rop .org. “Extremism does not win in Washington state,” said Dave Kaplan, president of Log Cabin’s Washington state chapter. “Principled fficial conservatives and fair-minded Republicans, like isits ortland Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn and Congress man George Nethercutt, have shown they can he Human Rights Campaign’s legislative he successful in Washington state. The Wash director visited Portland last month to ington state G O P should continue to resist update local leaders on national efforts to stop exclusion and discrimination.” the White House’s push for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. “They are really using this to not only drive out the religious right to vote in oward ean Novem ber hut also to divide some of ndorses otter the...scarce resources that progressive organi ormer Vermont Gov. 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