Kistler: 'Leave personal life at home and do your job'

Rives Kistler, retired Oregon Supreme Court justice, 2003-18

When Rives Kistler was elevated to the Oregon Supreme Court in 2003, the announcement by Gov. Ted Kulongoski drew only routine notice — for a single day.

Then news accounts reported Kistler's sexual orientation and focused on him as the first gay man in the nation to sit on any state high court.