Bill Graves
Bill Graves is an author at Religion News Service.
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Gay marriage may test Native American sovereignty
By Bill Graves — September 5, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service COOS BAY, Ore. _ Kitzen and Jeni Branting have been in a committed lesbian relationship since high school and plan to get legally married in Oregon next spring. True, voters amended the state Constitution in 2004 to allow marriage only between a man and a woman. And Congress outlawed gay […]
Oregon Gay Couples See Hope for Civil Union Law
By Bill Graves — February 6, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service PORTLAND, Ore. _ Marriage slipped out of their grasp, but Linda Duchek and Marte Sheeran say the benefits of marriage may be within their reach through a possible civil union law this year. The couple of 11 years got a taste of marriage when Multnomah County issued marriage licenses to […]
NEWS FEATURE: Same-Sex Marriage a Year Later: For Better or Worse?
By Bill Graves — March 5, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service PORTLAND, Ore. _ Along with nearly 3,000 other couples, Cristina Caravaca, 33, and Sandra Naranjo, 32, seized marriage the moment Multnomah County offered it to them a little more than a year ago. They dashed to the county building here March 2. They stood third in line all night. They […]
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