Avakian and Merkley team up to produce historic win for LGBT military burial rights

[davidpdx]

2. I think it is excellent that Merkley and Avakain are able to team up

to find a solution. We also need to reverse Measure 36 (2004) which was a constitutional amendment defining marriage as a union between one man and one woman which passed by 240,000 votes with 56.63%.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Ballot_Measure_36_(2004)

Oregon is a very progressive state, the first to pass doctor assisted suicide and the first to pass medicinal marijuana. I was shocked when M 36 passed.