Oregon churches use ballots to fight gay weddings
Archive: Homophobia
Well I say tax the churches. Pour all that money into social services. Or tax them and have a big party. Oregon churches are the primary tool of fundagelical homophobes effort to put an amendment forbidding same-sex couple to wed to the state constitution.
It is much harder for timid people not to say know when asked by someone they know with other acquaintances watching.
With four weeks left, supporters of a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage are relying on churches and mailed-in petitions to gather the 100,840 valid signatures they need to make the November ballot. …
The campaign also has raised questions about how far churches can go to promote ballot measures without jeopardizing their tax-exempt status, which carries some limits on political activity. The issue also could affect the presidential election in Oregon, given President Bush's faith-based campaign.
Foes of gay marriage wage untraditional fight
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