http://www.basicrights.org/news/marriage-equality-news/advisory-group-to-help-basic-rights-oregon-weigh-ballot-decision/ Committed to Ending Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:44:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.basicrights.org/news/marriage-equality-news/advisory-group-to-help-basic-rights-oregon-weigh-ballot-decision/#comment-359 admin Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:23:16 +0000 http://test-alyciadasmann.com/basicrights/?p=256#comment-359 During the second week of November, advice from our Strategic Advisory Group, along with input from our online survey, and feedback from town halls will be used by Basic Rights Oregon's Board of Directors to make a final decision about whether to move forward a ballot measure in 2012 or wait until the next election. During the second week of November, advice from our Strategic Advisory Group, along with input from our online survey, and feedback from town halls will be used by Basic Rights Oregon’s Board of Directors to make a final decision about whether to move forward a ballot measure in 2012 or wait until the next election.

]]> http://www.basicrights.org/news/marriage-equality-news/advisory-group-to-help-basic-rights-oregon-weigh-ballot-decision/#comment-196 Janet Stephany Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:10:32 +0000 http://test-alyciadasmann.com/basicrights/?p=256#comment-196 As a lesbian who married my partner in Vancouver, B.C., in 2007 on our 15th anniversary, I fully support gay marriage. However, I feel that putting a measure on the ballot to ask the voting community in Oregon to make it legal for gays to marry is not the right approach. I feel strongly that marriage equality should be attained through the legislative process and not through the ballot initiative process. As a lesbian who married my partner in Vancouver, B.C., in 2007 on our 15th anniversary, I fully support gay marriage. However, I feel that putting a measure on the ballot to ask the voting community in Oregon to make it legal for gays to marry is not the right approach. I feel strongly that marriage equality should be attained through the legislative process and not through the ballot initiative process.

]]> http://www.basicrights.org/news/marriage-equality-news/advisory-group-to-help-basic-rights-oregon-weigh-ballot-decision/#comment-129 Marissa Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:52:11 +0000 http://test-alyciadasmann.com/basicrights/?p=256#comment-129 When will we know whether we're going for this or not? When will we know whether we’re going for this or not?

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