So, here I am in Portland, Oregon at a very nice conference. Portland is in Multnomah County, one of the few places in the country where, at least for a while, gays could legally marry.
And, of course, Oregon is also home to idiots (like everywhere else in the country) that seem to be utterly unable to cope with the idea of gays marrying, so they have qualified a petition for the November ballot to prevent that.
All of these stupid anti-same-sex-marriage laws are pointless and antiquated as sodomy laws. I cannot believe that in 2004 we’re continuing to argue over this. I would like you morons to cut it out; you’re embarrassing me in front of my European friends.
And, in addition, the chief private competitor of Oregon’s very reasonably-priced state worker’s compensation insurance company, SAIF, are pushing a petition to put it out of business. I guess that they decided the California model of worker’s compensation would be a good idea. That’s an interesting business strategy: I wonder if I could get a law passed to put my competitors out of business.
I was thinking that Oregon was looking like an attractive place to do businesses. I guess, after November, I’ll know for sure.
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