Oregon Politics & News
Oregon politics from The Daily Signal, examining progressive policies in Portland, rural county concerns, drug decriminalization debates, and the stark political divisions shaping the state.
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Oregon Judge Who Won’t Officiate Gay Weddings Fights to Keep His Job
>>> Update adds judge's comments in televised interview. An Oregon judge is fighting an investigative panel’s accusation that by declining to perform same-sex weddings on religious grounds, he violated both the state’s constitution and code of conduct for judges. This and other allegations could result in the judge’s suspension or removal from office. However, a close… -
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These 10 LGBTQ Organizations Are About to Receive a Special Delivery From the Oregon Bakers
The Oregon bakers who were ordered by the state to pay $135,000 for refusing to make a cake for a same-sex wedding have designed and baked custom cakes to send to a handful of the most powerful LGBTQ advocacy groups along the West Coast, The Daily Signal has exclusively learned. The effort is an attempt… -
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Oregon’s War on the Christian Bakers’ Free Speech
My parents immigrated to the United States in 1951, after surviving the tyranny of Nazi Germany and Soviet Communism. It never would have occurred to them that any American, such as Aaron and Melissa Klein of Oregon, would have their freedom to speak, their right to live their lives according to their religious beliefs and… -
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Oregon Becomes First State to Try Taxing Drivers By Miles They Drive
Last week, Oregon became the first state in the U.S. to give drivers the option to be taxed by the mile instead of by the fuel they use. The idea is that as cars become more fuel efficient, drivers spend less money on gas, resulting in less money for the Oregon Department of Transportation to… -
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Sorry, Slate: Oregon Did Put a ‘Gag Order’ on Those Christian Bakers
On Thursday, The Daily Signal published an article about Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) Commissioner Brad Avakian ordering Aaron and Melissa Klein, Christian bakers who had refused to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple, to pay the couple $135,000 for “emotional” damages and issuing a gag order against the Kleins. On… -
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Oregon Voters Reject Giving Driver’s Licenses to Illegal Immigrants
At the polls Tuesday, Oregon voters overwhelmingly rejected a law passed by the state legislature last April that granted driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants residing in the state. The measure was put to voters after Oregonians for Immigration Reform, an immigration enforcement group opposed to the driver’s license benefit, initiated a citizen’s referendum and successfully…