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Letter: Justice served with court’s reversal

The Columbian
Published: May 22, 2014, 5:00pm

In response to the May 19 story “Judge strikes down Oregon gay marriage ban,” this is but one small step toward the progress of equality. Gays have been discriminated against and denied opportunities of so many things including jobs, governmental marriage rights, services and other human rights that the Constitution guarantees and which wouldn’t affect anyone else but themselves.

When Measure 36 was passed in Oregon in 2004 that defined marriage as between a man and a woman, it was devastating for same-sex couples who had already been issued a license in Multnomah County. So justice was served when Judge Michael McShane ruled against this gay-marriage ban, and the state of Oregon finally allowed gay marriage. Being the 18th state in the U.S. to do so, it’s only a matter of time before it’s legal in all 50 states.

Whether people agree with same-sex marriage on a moral level is irrelevant. Under the law, for the sake of equal rights, the majority should not have control over the minority.

Angela Briggs

Vancouver

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