Comments on: Portland Elects Gay Mayor http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/05/21/2055 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:56:10 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: werdna http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/05/21/2055/comment-page-1#comment-11162 werdna Thu, 22 May 2008 07:34:11 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/05/21/2055#comment-11162 Joel-there's a classic urban/rural split in Oregon. The Portland metro area (and to a lesser extent the more populous area along the I-5 corridor heading down to Eugene) is much more liberal than much of the rest of the state. Joel-there’s a classic urban/rural split in Oregon. The Portland metro area (and to a lesser extent the more populous area along the I-5 corridor heading down to Eugene) is much more liberal than much of the rest of the state.

]]> By: Regan DuCasse http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/05/21/2055/comment-page-1#comment-11146 Regan DuCasse Thu, 22 May 2008 00:48:45 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/05/21/2055#comment-11146 Wow...hubba hubba! You don't suppose his matinee idol good looks had nothing to do with it? Naaah! Wow…hubba hubba! You don’t suppose his matinee idol good looks had nothing to do with it?

Naaah!

]]> By: Joel http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/05/21/2055/comment-page-1#comment-11132 Joel Wed, 21 May 2008 22:24:10 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/05/21/2055#comment-11132 :-D "I’m running not to be a gay mayor, but a great mayor" I dont get it... how exactly do amendments pass when places like these so clearly not care if hes gay, and implicitly endorse gay rights, no? Otherwise being openly gay and having a right conscience would be opposites, and ppl would certainly not have voted for him. At any rate, this is good news. :-D “I’m running not to be a gay mayor, but a great mayor”

I dont get it… how exactly do amendments pass when places like these so clearly not care if hes gay, and implicitly endorse gay rights, no? Otherwise being openly gay and having a right conscience would be opposites, and ppl would certainly not have voted for him.

At any rate, this is good news.

]]> By: Norm! http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/05/21/2055/comment-page-1#comment-11117 Norm! Wed, 21 May 2008 17:41:56 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/05/21/2055#comment-11117 I voted for Adams and am glad he won outright (no pointless general election run-off). Although Adams deserves LGBT support for his leadership in the community, I think his sexual orientation was a non-issue. It should also be noted that Sho is a gay rights supporter and probably would have won major LGBT endorsements if Adams was not a candidate. BTW, GDAD, the beer company that shares Adams' name lost some customers after it foolishly <a href="http://www.blueoregon.com/2007/10/battle-brews-ov.html" rel="nofollow">threatened</a> to sue over his campaign's domain name. I voted for Adams and am glad he won outright (no pointless general election run-off). Although Adams deserves LGBT support for his leadership in the community, I think his sexual orientation was a non-issue.

It should also be noted that Sho is a gay rights supporter and probably would have won major LGBT endorsements if Adams was not a candidate.

BTW, GDAD, the beer company that shares Adams’ name lost some customers after it foolishly threatened to sue over his campaign’s domain name.

]]> By: GDad http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/05/21/2055/comment-page-1#comment-11115 GDad Wed, 21 May 2008 16:18:29 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/05/21/2055#comment-11115 And now they all get really good beer. In all seriousness, this is excellent news. This kind of visibility will really help take some of the wind out of the sails of the people who try to keep us hidden. And now they all get really good beer.

In all seriousness, this is excellent news. This kind of visibility will really help take some of the wind out of the sails of the people who try to keep us hidden.

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