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COPYRIGHT 2006 Liberation Publications, Inc.
As a freshman Democratic member of Oregon's state house in 1975, Ted Kulongoski introduced legislation to protect gays and lesbians from discrimination. It didn't pass. Now, as the state's governor, the 65-year-old Kulongoski is still fighting for equality. Citing the refusal by the Republican house speaker to bring a gay-inclusive antidiscrimination bill to the floor for a vote in 2005, he recently established the Governors Task Force on Equality to advance the bill next year and to rally the public against any further antigay Republican positioning.
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