Same-sex marriage could be on November 2014 ballot
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Supporters of same-sex marriage said Monday they're aiming at a vote next year to reverse Oregon's ban on gay marriage, which was approved in 2004.
The state's leading gay-rights group, Basic Rights Oregon, said it's formed a campaign organization to get a constitutional amendment on the November 2014 ballot. The group will need to collect at least 116,000 valid signatures.
Voters in Oregon have become more inclined to support gay marriage since they approved the ban by a vote of nearly 57 percent to 43 percent, said Jeana Frazzini, Basic Rights Oregon's executive director.
Approval of gay marriage in other states and vocal public support from President Barack Obama have helped shift momentum with supporters of same-sex unions, Frazzini said.
"We've seen the state and the country on a journey of understanding that loving and committed same sex couples want to marry, and they want to do so for reasons similar to any couple: for love and commitment and taking care of one another in good times and bad," Frazzini.
Theresa Harke, a spokeswoman for the Oregon Family Council told The Oregonian the group has been preparing to oppose such a measure and said both sides would have a difficult fight.
Basic Rights Oregon decided against seeking a same-sex marriage initiative in the 2012 election, saying at the time that it wasn't clear they could win.
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Information from: The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press
Does it make people all warm and fuzzy telling others how you will vote for something, or people looking for acceptance no matter the consequence. I don't have to tell people how I vote, that is mine and mine alone. Wasn't that the way it was intended to be. Secret ballot????
Yuck!...No.
I for one look forward to voting yes.
And how is this different than the last time we voted on it?
Seriously, quit wasting our time!
 @EUGENE541 There are plenty of voters who were not a part of the vote last time, and plenty who were a part of the vote last time that won't be a part of it this time. There is also hopefully more awareness.
when will the idiots of this state realize when we vote for or aginst something thats what we want. do not wait a couple years then try and reverse it look how the last marijuana bill flopped the tax payers have spoken let it rest unless there is a huge shift in the bills effect on the public!
 @quasimodo People are constantly moving in and out of state, people are dying and coming of age. I didn't vote last time because I didn't live here, but I certainly will this time.
I vote no!!!
 @Ah Shucks I vote yes!!