You know what, just do it Sam. Get it over with. We've all watched Portland become a haven for panhandlers, drug addicts, homeless teens and riots. You people are killing yourselves slowly by suffocating any scintilla of capitalism or free enterprise. (agressive panhandling is not free enterprise)

So please, convince the last remaining Americans and businesses in Portland to leave, rename yourselves the Netherlands-lite, and simply fence yourselves off. You can even outlaw cars. And meat.

It will be like a giant commune where everyone gets along. Well, not the drug addicts who will be stealing from you, but everyone else. Oh, not the homeless because they expect you to take care of them, but everyone else. And maybe not the gays because they are never satisfied with their "equality" so they will probably start calling you bigots unless you actually convert to homosexuality. And I'm not sure what you guys are going to do for food or money... but other than all that, it's going to be great!

Or you could come back to planet earth and realize that using governments bully pulpit to force acceptance of homosexuality is facistic and just drop this stupid idea. It's really up to you.