IN LAST MONTHS'S PRIMARY,
NENA COOK SECURED HER
SPOT IN NOVEMBER'S GEN-
ERAL ELECTION FOR A SEAT
ON THE OREGON SUPREME
COURT. IF ELECTED, COOK
WILL BE THE THIRD OPENLY
GAY JUSTICE ON THE BENCH.
(MARRIAGE)
Obama!
President Obama became the first President
to come out in support of same-sex mar-
riage, when he spoke in support of of the
freedom to marry on ABC's Good Morning
America in May.
"Today's announcement is historic and it is
a pivotal moment for the freedom to marry
in Oregon and the nation. We'll want to
rejoice and take stock of how far we've
traveled, but we still have much work to
do." Jeanne Frazzini, Executive Director at
Basic Rights Oregon, wrote shortly after the
historic news hit Portand.
Within 24 hours over 1,700 individuals
signed BRO's official THANK YOU note for
the President.
“Growing up in a small Oregon coastal
town, in Newport, Ore., I never thought in
my lifetime I would ever hear a president
say that he supported equal marriage,”
Portland Mayor Sam Adams said to Talking-
PointsMemo.com.
June 2012
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