SALEM, OR - MAY 9: Ron Wold and Ken Hindes of Eugene, Oregon, partners for 30 years, embrace after Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski signed two bills protecting gay rights into law at the Oregon State Capital May 9, 2007 in Salem, Oregon. The Oregon Family Fairness Act, a bill that creates a new statute in Oregon law that would legally recognize committed same-sex relationships as Domestic Partnerships and The Oregon Equality Act, a non-discrimination bill that would prohibit discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodation, on the basis of sexual orientation. Getty Images logo Getty Images 30 months ago

SALEM, OR - MAY 9: Ron Wold and Ken Hindes of Eugene, Oregon, partners for 30 years, embrace after Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski signed two bills protecting gay rights into law at the Oregon State Capital May 9, 2007 in Salem, Oregon. The Oregon Family Fairness Act, a bill that creates a new statute in Oregon law that would legally recognize committed same-sex relationships as Domestic Partnerships and The Oregon Equality Act, a non-discrimination bill that would prohibit discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodation, on the basis of sexual orientation.

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