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November 02, 2004

I'm ashamed to be an Oregonian tonight

...as we join a few other states in writing religious bigotry into the state constitution. This country was founded on the principle of freedom, and particularly religious freedom, yet now we've codified the views of a narrow-minded (and fortunately small) majority into law. The direct, immediate, effect will be slight: we couldn't get married before, and most institutions where it counts aren't so bigoted and will still allow partners hospital visits, etc. Still, there are going to be people who die because of this, because their partners were not allowed to authorize medical care when it was needed. There won't be very many who do, but each one will be on the heads of the people who voted to put bigotry in the Oregon State Constitution, and rendered it meaningless as a protector of civil rights. It's now nothing but a piece of paper that talks about how the state government is organized. Posted by abatie at November 2, 2004 10:36 PM
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