{"id":14007,"date":"2014-10-30T00:02:21","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T07:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=14007"},"modified":"2014-10-30T00:02:21","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T07:02:21","slug":"oregon-kudos-to-hrc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/oregon-kudos-to-hrc\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon Kudos to HRC"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are very few organizations that I try to give a little support each year.  One is HRC.  I figure I owe the LGBT community a debt for the hateful way I treated some of them, before a gay man decided that he was going to be my friend, no matter how I acted, put a face on gay, and kick-started my evolution from homophobia to support for full LGBT equality.  Now HRC is paying me back.<\/font><\/p>\n

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HRC President Chad Griffin meets with LGBT champion Senator Jeff Merkley and Portland Mayor Charlie Hales, Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown, and Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek.<\/p>\n

Greetings from Portland, Oregon. Team HRC is here in the Beaver State rallying volunteers on behalf of the re-election of one of the greatest champions for LGBT equality in Congress, Senator Jeff Merkley. We were exceptionally proud to have been joined by other champions of equality, including Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown, Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek and Portland Mayor Charlie Hales.<\/p>\n

Along with dozens of volunteers, we made calls to HRC members across Oregon encouraging them to return their ballots before next Tuesday. I have to say, the energy in the room and on the phones was overwhelming. In this 100% vote-by-mail state, we spoke to so many voters who had already returned their ballots for pro-equality candidates.  Many others hadn\u2019t yet mailed their ballot or dropped it in a ballot drop box<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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