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Article: LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- March 24, 2004
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Byline: The Register-Guard
Two regrets about marriage
Last week in Multnomah County, I married my partner of 6 1/2 years. Six years ago, we had a wedding ceremony with our family, friends and community. I have only two regrets about my legal marriage last week. First, that its status is unclear as Oregon law is clarified and, second, that my father did not live to see marriage equality for all adult couples.
As an elementary school principal and active participant in the racial desegregation of Southern schools in the late 1960s, my father stood up against bias and fear. He was a champion of the underserved and disenfranchised and an advocate ...