The importance of Oregon's new Domestic Partnership law
Posted by Carla Axtman on February 15, 2008
Over at Daily Kos today, diarist Milos Janus Outlook writes about how important Oregon's new Domestic Partnership law is a "final piece to the puzzle" in securing equal protections and rights under the law.
As Oregon House Speaker, Jeff Merkley led the way in the Legislature on the passage of Domestic Partnerships. Jeff's leadership on this and a whole array of other progressive issues demonstrate why Jeff Merkley shares the values of Oregonians.
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Jeff Merkley was born in the small town of Myrtle Creek, Oregon, the son of a sawmill worker. He's fought hard for working families in Oregon and he's ready to help lead America.
As Oregon's Speaker of the House, Jeff Merkley led one of the most effective, efficient and progressive legislative sessions in Oregon's history - with big achievements for schools, ethics, health care, jobs, alternative energy, and protections for working families.
Discover why Jeff Merkley is ready to lead.
From the Oregonian:
Merkley raced [quarter-midget cars] as a child, and once owned -- and crashed -- a Harley. He roomed with an impoverished family in Ghana as a teen, hitchhiked across Israel as a young man and went on, as he puts it, to help shut down one of Portland's worst crack alleys.
"I've lived," he says, "a pretty unconventional life."
Read the Oregonian profile of Jeff Merkley's life before politics.
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What puts me at ease with Merkley as our future Senator, is his proven record of passing progressive legislation. There's no guessing game about how he's going to legislate.
His proven record is important. Equally important is the fact that he knows how to get things done in a legislature. Talking the talk is all fine and good, but it accomplishes nothing unless it's matched with walking the walk. And on that count Jeff Merkley has few peers in general and none at all in this Senate race except for Gordon Smith.