Portland Issues Gay Marriage Licenses

By Robert Siegel

Published March 3, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

Gay couples are lined up outside the county building in Portland, Ore., waiting to be married. The county's commissioners approved issuing gay marriage licenses on Tuesday -- though not unanimously. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Multnomah Commissioners Lonnie Roberts and Serena Cruz.

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Prior to his retirement, Robert Siegel was the senior host of NPR's award-winning evening newsmagazine All Things Considered. With 40 years of experience working in radio news, Siegel hosted the country's most-listened-to, afternoon-drive-time news radio program and reported on stories and happenings all over the globe, and reported from a variety of locations across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. He signed off in his final broadcast of All Things Considered on January 5, 2018.

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