Campaign for a Hate Free Oregon.

The Campaign for a Hate Free Oregon was formed to defeat the Oregon Citizens Alliance (OCA) proposed constitutional amendment (Measure 9) during the 1992 state general election. The ballot measure would have prohibited the enactment of laws by the state, counties, or cities that outlawed discrimination against homosexuality. The measure also required public school teachers to teach their students that homosexuality was wrong and abnormal. After a vigorous campaign attracting national attention, Measure 9 was defeated.

From the description of Records, 1989-1993. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 37351070

Ballot Measure 9 on the 1992 general election ballot in Oregon was an attempt by the Oregon Citizens Alliance (OCA) to amend the Oregon constitution to prohibit the enactment of laws by the state, counties, or cities that outlaw discrimination against homosexual or bisexual persons, and to require public schools in Oregon to teach students that homosexuality was "wrong," "unnatural," "perverse," and "abnormal." The Campaign for a Hate Free Oregon (CHFO) was the organization formed to defeat Measure 9.

On November 3, 1992, after a vigorous campaign attracting national attention, Measure 9 lost 56.5% - 43.5% -- although the measure carried 21 of Oregon's 36 counties. The same day, Colorado voted on a measure (Amendment 2) containing a similar prohibition against the enactment of civil rights laws for homosexual and bisexual persons. The Colorado measure passed 53% - 47% but was ultimately found unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court on May 20, 1996 in the case Romer v. Evans et al. These were the first such statewide ballot measures in the United States. Later efforts in Idaho in 1994 and Maine in 1995, and another attempt in Oregon in 1994 (Measure 13), all were defeated by voters.

From the guide to the Campaign for a Hate Free Oregon records, 1989-1993, (Oregon Historical Society)