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Because of this, the campaign’s messages
must be fine-tuned to those swing voters
whose ballots can make or break the result.
“We are not necessarily running a campaign
that says everyone has to agree on gay mar
riage,” Kassell says.
The short-term goal of the campaign is sim
ply to defeat the amendment, she adds,
explaining that the campaign is only one com
ponent of the larger conversation about same-
sex marriage.
“This campaign exists to win one battle,”
Ballo says. “Because if we don’t win, the conver
sation can’t continue.”
Kassell acknowledges that the limited focus
of the campaign can be frustrating, especially to
queers who have been working long and hard for
equality.
“One of the things needed in this campaign
is patience with folks who aren’t there yet,” says
Kassell, referring to undecided voters who may
not feel comfortable supporting same-sex mar
riage but who feel strongly that discrimination is
wrong. “If the only place we get to with some
voters is ‘I don’t want to write this into the con
stitution,’ that’s OK.”
Other states will likely look to Oregon to see
what works, or what doesn’t, in the continued
struggle for equal rights. Wellman says policy
makers as well as the general public will be “tun
ing in” to the vote here.
Because of the state’s recent history regard
ing other anti-gay measures, Kassell says the
No on 36 campaign “has a level of sophistica
tion and support...that makes us better posi
tioned than other states” to defeat this latest
effort and once again protect the rights of queer
Oregonians. jM
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