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Check www.rainbowtax.net for details. / ” x L W W W .JUSTOUT.COM Jackie Wheatley is a local CPA with over 18 years of experience serving the tax, accounting and technology needs of individuals, small businesses and nonprofit organizations. For the past three years, gays and lesbians to Marry. And several court cases, including in Oregon have heard the now familiar line one against California’s Proposition 8, could that come 2012, they could gain the right to eventually result in federal marriage equality. be married. But Frazzini believes these efforts are Advocacy group Basic Rights Oregon has working in tandem. BRO is still in the stages been working toward a ballot measure that, of an “education campaign” that it hopes will if approved by voters next year on Election persuade public opinion in favor of marriage Day, would make same sex-marriage legal in equality. On Tuesday, March 29, the nonprofit the state. made its biggest push to date, a statewide But as that goal approaches, BRO has television ad campaign featuring straight, gay doubts the ballot measure can win. Cam and lesbian couples talking about the impor tance of marriage. paign leaders say they are on track, but their data “It’s not for Basic Rights For the education cam show they need to sway Oregon alone to say ‘Okay, paign to be successful and 100,000 voters before the lead to the ballot initiative, measure can succeed at everybody— charge!’ Folks BRO needs resources. The the polls. BRO wants to organization is asking for need to be engaged. funding, volunteers and— make a dent in that num - J E A N A FR A Z Z IN I, ber before it commits to most importantly—for BRO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR the goal by filing a pre people who support mar liminary ballot in August. riage equality to talk about marriage with The ballot campaign would be a heavy un others. dertaking. It would cost millions of dollars “It’s not for Basic Rights Oregon alone to and be rife with political mudslinging and say ‘Okay, everybody—charge!”’ Frazzini says. personal vitriol. Those who oppose marriage “Folks need to be engaged. They need to be equality have promised to fight the measure, having conversations about marriage. They and a loss would he devastating to gays and need to he stepping up to make the change in lesbians across the nation. the world that’s going to make it possible to “Ibis isn’t the kind of issue where we could have a successful vote.” afford to go to the ballot every year until we BRO hopes to showcase these conversa win,” says Jeana Frazzini, BRO’s executive di tions in its new ad campaign. In a new spot, rector. “The costs for our community—in terms Shelly and Kristin Casteel, a Portland lesbian of financial resources, the emotional toll, all of couple, sit side by side against a black back it—are absolutely too great of a risk.” drop. 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