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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
July 1, 2005
Last November, 57 percent of Oregonians voted to ban same sex marriage. Now, in an attempt to circumvent the voters' will, Ben Westlund has sponsored a bill (SB 1000) that grants gays a legal status called civil unions that is legally equivalent to marriage. Among other benefits, this would give....