Jeff Merkley on Civil Rights Democratic Senate Challenger; member of State House

Co-sponsored Equality & Family Fairness Act for gay equality

• Jeff was a co-sponsor of The Equality and Family Fairness Act, which grants legal rights to same-sex couples who register their partnerships with the state. It affords them nearly 500 rights under the law to which they would otherwise not be entitled.
• And to ensure those families have access to all their rights under the law, Jeff also co-sponsored the Oregon Equality Act, prohibits discrimination against Oregonians on the basis of real or perceived sexual orientation.
• Jeff Merkley is the only U.S. Senate Candidate along the West Coast who is publicly and fully supportive of full marriage equality.

Ok to define marriage against polygamy or same-sex

Oregon Equality Act: sexual orientation is a civil right

• A program of public education calculated to eliminate attitudes upon which practices of discrimination because of sexual orientation;
• An adequate remedy for persons aggrieved by certain acts of discrimination because of sexual orientation;
• hereby is recognized as and declared to be a civil right.

Apply affirmative action to state hiring

A: Yes.

Q: State college and university admissions?

A: Yes.

Q: State contracting?

A: Yes. because of sexual orientation;