Photos: Life in Oregon

This 2011 photo provided by Martin Cizmar shows him in Scottsdale, Ariz. Cizmar, 31, arts and culture editor of Willamette Week, an alternative newspaper in Portland, Ore., is one of several dozen former Eagle Scouts who has returned his medal out of dismay over the Boy Scouts' recently reaffirmed policy of excluding gays. In a letter sent to BSA headquarters along with the medal, Cizmar detailed his scouting career with a troop in Tallmadge, Ohio. "Though I did not know at the time, I was acquainted with a number of gay Scouts and Scouters," he wrote. "They were all great men, loyal to the Scout Oath and motto and helpful to movement. There is no fair reason they should not be allowed to participate in scouting." (AP Photo/Martin Cizmar, Kirsten Veng-Pedersen)