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PS: You Don't Have to Be a California Resident to Get Married There

Posted by Ben on June 17, 2008 at 7:45 a.m. in Politics, News, Oregon
An FYI on yesterday's post, and some more good news...

Just a friendly FYI/PS reminder, from today's Oregonian: you don't have to be a resident of California to procure a marriage license under new laws. This is different from Massachusetts.

And, for what it's worth: opponents of Oregon's gay-rights laws threw in the towel and dropped their repeal efforts:

Organizers conceded Monday that their initiatives to repeal two Oregon gay rights laws will not make the November ballot.

The fact that the initiatives are stalled offers more evidence that opponents are losing support, say gay rights activists, who were also celebrating the legalization of same-sex marriages in California on Monday.

The initiatives are currently stalled in a ballot title appeal, during which they cannot collect signatures. With the deadline for turning in signatures rapidly closing in, they decided that their goals could not be reached. And, if the article and certain polling is to be believed, the time for discrimination is ending:

A CBS News poll released Sunday shows a shift in attitudes nationwide. In the poll, 30 percent of Americans say same-sex couples should be allowed to marry, up from 21 percent in 2004. Another 28 percent support some form of legal recognition such as a domestic partnership.

Attitudes are changing, and people are recognizing the importance of equal rights.

Boy, these have been a couple of positives days, huh?


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