Women's Rights & Issues

theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts) Fri Jun 27, 2014, 10:23 AM Jun 2014

Women’s Rights Measure Qualifies For Oregon Ballot

http://seattle.cbslocal.com/2014/06/23/womens-rights-measure-qualifies-for-oregon-ballot/
CBS Seattle
Women’s Rights Measure Qualifies For Oregon Ballot
June 23, 2014 12:39 PM

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A proposed equal-rights amendment for women has qualified for Oregon’s November ballot.

The secretary of state’s office said Monday the petitioners have turned in more than 118,000 valid signatures, about 2,000 more than needed to qualify a constitutional amendment.

The measure was proposed by Leanne Littrell DiLorenzo of Portland, who founded a group called VoteERA. DiLorenzo and her husband, lawyer and lobbyist John DiLorenzo, contributed most of the $127,000 raised for the signature-gathering effort.

The measure would amend the state constitution to prohibit state and local governments from discriminating on the basis of gender....

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Women’s Rights Measure Qualifies For Oregon Ballot (Original Post) theHandpuppet Jun 2014 OP

I don't trust it one bit and won't vote for it. I think the goal may be to strip out preferences in Shrike47 Jun 2014 #1

Hmmm... but I could also see it as a protection against "religious liberty" exemptions theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #2

Shrike47

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1. I don't trust it one bit and won't vote for it. I think the goal may be to strip out preferences in

Reply to theHandpuppet (Original post)

Fri Jun 27, 2014, 11:11 AM

Jun 2014

state contracting. John DiLorenzo is one of the biggest heaps of arrogant Republican nastiness I've ever encountered and I would not vote for anything he supports. Sneaky bastard.

theHandpuppet

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2. Hmmm... but I could also see it as a protection against "religious liberty" exemptions