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Friday, July 17, 2009

Events Big Fat Gay Wedding Next Week!

Posted by Sarah Mirk on Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 11:15 AM

Why does Portland lag behind Des Moines on marriage equality issues?
When will same sex couples finally get full rights in Oregon?
How can we push for gay rights without inflaming a Measure 36-like bigot backlash?

What better way to answer these questions than during a (not quite binding) big fat gay wedding? Join the Merc, youth politics group The Bus Project and Basic Rights Oregon next Tuesday night at Backspace for a gay wedding with very special officiant Sam Adams.

That's right! Watch Mayor Adams join two queer activists in mock union while you get the rundown from Adams and other civil rights leaders on what's up with same sex marriage in Oregon.

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Also very special: free cupcakes provided for the wedding courtesy of Saint Cupcake!

Come early, dress fancy.

 

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I see. So now the Mercury thinks it's a good thing to have a brewhaha about marriage equality with all the gay adama supporters in one room while all the gay adams detractors stay home in disgust?

Just today while canvassing I met a sixty/seventy year old gay lady who called Adams, which expletive, I cannot recall.

Pathetic, Merc.

Posted by gonetorio on July 17, 2009 at 2:46 PM · Report
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@gonetorio: keep up the good work, can't wait to get out there next week myself!

Who would want Sam officiating their wedding?
Posted by Rondine on July 17, 2009 at 3:08 PM · Report
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I'm withholding my gay dollars from the Democratic Party locally and nationally until President Obama and the Democratic controlled US Congress keeps its promise on Don't Ask Don't Tell.
Posted by Don't Stink Don't Smell on July 17, 2009 at 3:10 PM · Report
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Rondine, just be ready for all sorts of interesting responses.

"not right now, I'm having trouble breathing and need to get my inhaler, but I'll sign it later";
(elderly woman in pharmacy parking lot)

"yeah, I like to keep things lively";
(older man outside Cooper's coffee shop)

"no, because I'm not a bigot";
(young man in Home Depot parking lot)

"how come Foxworthy got kicked out and he didn't even lie about anything?";
(young African American dad, out on a bike ride with his kid)

"I'm gay and I can't believe what this SOB did to us, we've been trying so long to keep up our image, and, I just hope he gets recalled";
(older woman at the bank)

"How many times can I sign?";
(many different people)

"I've been waiting for you for days";
(ditto)
Posted by gonetorio on July 17, 2009 at 3:49 PM · Report
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@gonetorio hahahaha

Love the "waiting for you for days" people!
Posted by Rondine on July 17, 2009 at 4:34 PM · Report
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Amen gonetorio, and as if inviting an openly gay mayor to a marriage equality event wasn't bad enough, the Mercury posted an ad for one of your recall locations and forgot to include the address. I am sure it is somewhere on 39th Avenue. You should get over there and fix their mistake by posting all your recall locations.

http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/new-column/Content?oid=1502513

Don't forget the gun show. I saw that one in the comments on a Portland Tribune story but it seems to have been excluded from the main list on your website. Since tomorrow is Sunday, are you aware of any churches where people can sign that have not made the official list?
Posted by recall fan on July 18, 2009 at 9:44 AM · Report
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I don't understand the problem with inviting an openly gay mayor to a marriage equality event.

The recall campaign is not hosting events at churches. Churchgoers are free to go to the website and help out.

(Along with gun afficionados, city hall bureaucrats, fencing enthusiasts, tango dancers, clubhoppers, retirees, the hip, the cool, the depraved, the ordinary people of Portland, and everyone else.)

You can help out if you wish, by fixing the Merc's mistake. The 39th address is on the recallsamadams.com website.

Personally I have done a little bit today for the campaign, canvassing from 8.30-10 at a busy grocery store parking lot, for 30 signatures or so.

Funniest quotes today "recall that guy! But i'm not signing anything", and "gimme that!!"
Posted by gonetorio on July 19, 2009 at 9:38 AM · Report

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