Maine voters to pass judgment on gay marriage
(Portland, Maine) Gay marriage has lost in every single state in which it has been put to a popular vote. Come Election Day, gay-rights supporters are hoping to make Maine the exception.
In a referendum that is being closely watched around the country and has drawn millions in out-of-state dollars, Maine …
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In a winning landslide, Sam Adams on January 4 became the first openly gay mayor of a major US city. But just two weeks later, his promise threatened to unravel when news of his 2005 relationship with Beau Breedlovee, a teenage legislative intern Adams met while serving as a city commissioner, once again became front page news. In 2007, Adams had insisted the relationship between the two was a “mentoring” bond.
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But under prodding from Willamette Week, Breedlove, now 21, last month suggested there was more to the relationship than that. In Washington, one day before the Inauguration, Adams acknowledged that he began a romantic relationship with Breedlove when the younger man was 17, but insisted they did not have sex until he turned 18.
Oregon Attorney General John Kroger is now probing the matter, and the new mayor pledged to fight for his job. See Gay Portland Mayor Hanging In There
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Sex scandal divides Portland gay community
(Portland, Oregon) — A confession by Portland’s first openly gay mayor that he lied about having sex with a teenager is dividing this famously progressive city, as well as its gay community.
Just three weeks after Sam Adams was sworn in, many gays are questioning whether he is the man they …
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(Portland, Oregon) The state’s attorney general agreed Wednesday to investigate claims made by the mayor of Portland that he lied to cover up a sexual relationship with an 18-year-old boy.
Portland Mayor Sam Adams admitted this week that he lied to cover up his relationship with a teenage legislative intern because …
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(Portland, Oregon) The mayor of Portland apologized Tuesday for lying about a sexual relationship with a male teenager he was mentoring three years ago, but asked the city to consider it an anomaly in two decades of public service.
“I screwed up. I blew it. There’s no way to sugarcoat it,” …
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(Portland, Oregon) Portland became the nation’s largest city with an openly gay mayor as a longtime City Hall insider took the oath of office.
Sam Adams, 45, was sworn into office at 12:01 a.m. New Year’s Day at City Hall during a ceremony attended by a crowd of about 40 that …
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