Oregon Gay Activists Gearing Up For 2012 Ballot Fight

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http://www.towleroad.com/2011/08/oregon-gay-activists-gearing-up-for-2012-ballot-fight.html

Basic Rights Oregon, the state's premiere LGBT rights group, said this weekend that they will start collecting signatures in October for a possible 2012 ballot campaign for same-sex marriage.

The announcement was made during a Garden Party fundraiser in South Salem benefiting the organization.

“I fully support the work that Basic Rights Oregon does,” said Oregon State Secretary Kate Brown, the event's keynote speaker.

“They do an amazing job educating and engaging Oregonians across the state,” she said. “I think it’s really important that Oregonians have an understanding of how discrimination impacts the lesbian, gay, transgender and bi-sexual community



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[laconicsax]

1. They'll get enough signatures easily. Passing it is another matter.

The current ban passed by nearly a 20-point margin,