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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (March 7, 2008)
northwest READY TO RUMBLE Basic Rights Oregon prepares to fight off challenges to equal rights laws by Stephen Marc Beaudoin • Fairness Act to be a bait-and-switch, as it accords of medical decisions,” Hubard said. Frazzini articu Rights Oregon’s executive director, Jeana Fraz|dani, is dusting off her box same-sex couples the full range of rights and lated this as one of the key themes in BRO’s responsibilities as married heterosexual couples upcoming fight against the initiative: Quite simply, ing glovesi and prepping for another while not actually calling itself marriage. “If it she said, the repeal of the act would “put couples ugly fight. looks like a dud. and walks like a duck and quacks in harm’s way.” ing the opening match hell. Basic R s that four elected offi- Responding to the w cials have co-authored separate initiative peti- tions to repeal both the Oregon Family Fairness said. Thatcher, agreed, saying in a statement, “This Aimee Wilson under the domestic partnership law, Act, House Bill 200|, and the Oregon Equality issue should be decided by voters, not the said her colleagues sponsoring these initiatives Act, Senate Bill 2, Frazzini says BRO is ready to Legislature." Referencing the Measure 36 voter couldn’t be further out of touch with Oregonians, longed by a scurrilous lawsuit brought by the enter the ring again for the “incredible challenge” decision to define marriage as between one man predicting that “the opponents will have a harder Alliance Defense Fund against Oregon Secretary of defending the new laws. and one woman, she added, “Oregon voters spoke time getting signatures.” of State Bill Bradbury. That suit was dismissed But while Frazzini said she was not surprised by like a duck... you get what I’m saying here,” he A Portland, an out lesbian who partnered with loud and clear against gay marriage a few years ago, and I believe this new law goes against the idea of the law being challenged again by abac k by who she’ll be facing this time " ■ out: state Sen. Fred Girod, R-Stayton, || * ♦f. C'J counties across Oregon, more 5 jLJrj than 1,300 same-sex couples il Esquivel, R-Medford, W sponsors of die B 2007 repeal initiative; * and state Rep. match, Frazzini says the latest fight is nothing more vote in November 2008. The anti-gay effort— than “another opportunity for our broad commu nity of fair-minded Oregonians to stand together to Family Fairness Act are criti- spearheaded by ubiquitous former state Sen. .¿40 Nhhk Marylin Shannon, R-Brooks, emerging as im Thatche a chief architect of the latest initiatives, f •-I'M’”' ar"J ^;,v*d Crowe's Restore America— cal. “We’re getting older now, ■■ feli about 1,500 signatures short of the fairness and equality in Oregon, and while I would 55,179 required, although the domestic much prefer to be getting to work on implement MJY k cTamily Portraits” in the Feb. 15 Just Out), The involved legislators saw things Wg the myriad legal protections accorded to them by the Oregonians,” Frazzini said. Mury and it’s important to be with W hh RI Esquivel considers the Oregon Family each other and make those kinds r proceed to the ballot. initiatives to drive the embattled laws to a public 64, and Ann Hubard, 60, who rushed out the . ers. Both initiatives need 82,769 valid signatures to Sounding a positive note amid the mounting ticularly given that...these two legislators > natures needed to get the initiatives in front of vot Another consideration in this round of the Hummel—fended off two separate ballot morning of Feb. 4 to register their partnership (see differently. This type of fight is not new to then led by executive director John nets as of March 4. For Taylor West, domestic partners. fight: The bar is raised for the actual number of sig BRO lust last year, the organization R-Keizer, sponsors ofthe SB 2 repeal initiative “It was not what I had expected to see, par were elected to fundamentally protect she said. “These laws are not threaten- Feb. 1, allowing for same-sex couples to register as ing anybody. Gay and lesbian couples just -3™ want t0 move on ^Ie*r l*ves- l|S| have registered as domestic part- and state Sen. Gary George, R-McMinnville, and state Rep. 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