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  • If Civil Unions Deserve Special Breaks, Relationships Of All Kinds Do, Too - (true for all America!)

    05/04/2005 3:46:58 PM PDT · by CHARLITE · 14 replies · 739+ views
    GLENDALEOREGONNEWS,COM ^ | MAY 4, 2005 | DENNIS M. BECKLIN
    Medford, Oregon - There's nothing so special about two gays living together, or two lesbians living together, that should cause Oregon's Legislature to treat them any differently than the members of any other special family unit. If those in non-married, non-traditional relationships, want the same benefits as marrieds, all Oregonians should all be treated the same. Discrimination by any other name is still discrimination. Gays and lesbians in Oregon have claimed that they are a discriminated class of Americans because they are denied the same legal status and the same tax and estate planning benefits as married, heterosexual couples. By...