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Rulings Spark a Conversation
Gay marriage goes to states in wake of court action
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w ho they want. I f you w ant to be
w ith the sam e-sex th a t’s y o u r right
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A fter som e questionable m oves
by Baruti A rtharee, a long-tim e Port­
land A frican-A m erican executive,
and one o f M ay o r C harlie H ales’ top
aides, the m ay o r has decided to
suspend A rtharee from his jo b for
one w eek w ithout pay and ordered
him to com plete diversity training.
T he controversy w as sparked on
June 6 w hen A rtharee m ade som e
s u g g e s tiv e c o m m e n ts to w a rd s
M ultnom ah C ounty C o m m issio n er
L o retta S m ith , an o th er A frican -
A m erican official, at an event for
black com m unity leaders.
Smith and a legion o f w itnesses
Baruti Artharee
confirm ed Mr. A rtharee as stating
Here is our beautiful C om m issioner leaders and advocacy groups m ailed
Loretta Smith- mmm, mmm, mmm, she to H ale^artd m ade public over the
looks good tonight,” while introduc­ w eekend condem ned A rtharee for
ing the public official at the event.
‘ sexually suggestive and d em ean ­
A letter signed by 23 w om en in g p u b lic c o m m e n ts to w a rd s
M ultnom ah C ounty C om m issioner
L oretta S m ith ” and urged the m ayor
to punish his aide soon. A fter the
incident, both H ales and A rtharee
apologized to the C om m issioner.
A rtharee m aintained his regular
duties as H ale’s public safety ad­
viser as the c ity 's H um an R esource
office investigated.
A report by the office issued
Friday found that A rtharee was in
violation o f a city code against ha­
rassm ent but also concluded he did
not intend for his com m ents to be
dem eaning.
T h e in v e stig a tio n fo u n d that
A rtharee also had p rio r occurrences
in w hich he co m m en ted on the
c o m m issio n er’s physical ap p ear­
ance, but could not verify an alleg a­
tion that he m ade a suggestive m o­
tion w ith his hips.