Gay-friendly judge wins Ore. Supreme Court race

[Ian David]

Gay-friendly judge wins Ore. Supreme Court race

(Portland, Ore.) An appeals court judge who wrote a historic opinion extending gay and lesbian rights, has won a seat on the Oregon State Supreme Court.

Jack Landau, an Oregon Court of Appeals judge, on Tuesday defeated Allan J. Arlow, an administrative law judge with the Oregon Public Utilities Commission.

Landau had 71 percent of the votes, with 56 percent of the expected vote counted.

As an appeals court judge, Landau wrote the opinion in Tanner v. OHSU, which ruled that employers cannot discriminate against gay and lesbian couples when providing health care benefits.

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[FLAprogressive]

1. I like this don't get me wrong but WHY are we ELECTING judges?!

[SocialistLez]

2. We elect Supreme Court judges here in AR.

I'm not a big fan of it because a lot of people don't research the candidates.

PLUS it makes it very easy for Big Business to influence the race, just like they influence congressional races.

Mother Jones has an article in their latest issue titled, "PSST, wanna buy a judge?"