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Those Benton radicals.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 29-MAR-04 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Those Benton radicals.(Editorials)(County's political leanings are nothing new)(Editorial)

Article Excerpt
Byline: The Register-Guard

Stereotypes die hard. Twenty years have passed since The Wall Street Journal dubbed Eugene "the last refuge of the terminally hip," and the tag still sticks. Similarly, Benton County is firmly lodged in the public imagination as a stronghold of conservatism and convention, inhabited by Babbitts on the Willamette.

As a result, many were caught off guard when Benton County followed Multnomah County's lead and decided to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Among...

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