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If you are Portland/Vancouver native between the ages of 29 and 70 chances are you have at the very least a vague remembrance of the 1992 Oregon Citizens Alliance's ballot measure 9.
No On 9 Benefit, 09-10-92 at Portland Meadows
I remember sitting in the senior lounge, even though I was a freshman and watching all of my friends walk in with 'No On 9' purple stickers on their jeans. I laughed because ballot measure 9 at the time was on the Oregon ballot. My high school was in Brush Prairie, Washington but thought it was cool under age voters gave a shit about gay rights. Especially since we were in small Christmas tree and filbert farming community Brush Prairie, Washington.
Plus Kurt Cobain attacked Axel Rose for being a homophobe! That was so cool. Clash of the titans!
Side Note: Presidential hopeful John McCain spoke at a OCA fund raiser in 1993. The the former head of the homophobic OCA had the gayest name ever; Lon Mabon.
