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Oregon Rep.: "World will be different"

Oregon state Rep. Tina Kotek hailed the Tuesday passage of domestic partnership and gay-inclusive civil rights bills in the State House.  "The world will be different," Kotek said.  "This is about bringing people in, not shutting them out."

Out Oregon Rep. asks colleagues to support gay rights

Oregon Rep. Tina Kotek, the legislature’s only openly gay member, testified alongside her partner yesterday as the State House took up a Senate-passed measure that would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation.