Sam: I will ask the Portland City Council to authorize the Office of the City Attorney to provide legal help as needed to fight off this out-of-state effort to block implementation of Oregon's domestic partnership law.

JK: Sorry Sam, the ruling was NOT about the domestic partnership law, it was about initiative petition rules. Are you seriously saying that Portland should oppose restoring people’s right to initiative petition?

I’m sure Homer Williams and the public employee unions will applaud you - but what about all those people who sign petitions to stop the many government outrages?

(the sad part of all this is that this is simply about equal rights for everyone, not marriage or partnerships and the courts should have long ago ruled that the government cannot discriminate against (or favor) anyone in any manner what so ever.)

Aside to conservatives: A few hundred same sex marriages will not bring down western society, but conservative focus on such non-issues has severely hampered the movement towards a finically responsible government.

Thanks
JK