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  • Gay rights activists target Ore. lawmaker

    10/25/2005 12:30:04 PM PDT · by SmithL · 18 replies · 562+ views
    AP ^ | 10/25/5 | BRAD CAIN
    TROUTDALE, Ore. - Gay rights activists are going to be looking for payback when Oregon House Speaker Karen Minnis comes up for re-election next year. Over the summer, the Republican enraged gay rights supporters when she refused to let the House vote on a civil unions bill that had been passed by the state Senate with the blessing of the Democratic governor. Now state and national gay rights groups are targeting Minnis for defeat in 2006 as part of an effort to elect more gay-friendly legislators. The effort could turn this tourism-oriented town east of Portland into a battleground. A...
  • Gay rights activists to target GOP speaker

    10/17/2005 4:43:30 PM PDT · by Hadean · 20 replies · 533+ views
    The World Link.com ^ | Oct 17, 2005
    TROUTDALE (AP) - This quiet, tourism-oriented town east of Portland could become a battleground as gay rights activists prepare a campaign to topple a Republican legislative leader who thwarted a move to allow civil unions for same-sex couples. Troutdale is in the heart of the district represented by GOP House Speaker Karen Minnis, who enraged gay rights backers this summer by refusing to let the House vote on a civil unions bill that had been passed by the state Senate with the blessing of the Democratic governor. State and national gay rights groups are targeting Minnis for defeat in 2006...