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Is Washington State Ready For Marriage Equality?
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Aug 28, 2011 05:54pm |
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| Category | General |
| Author | Winston Gieseke |
| News Date | Sunday, August 28, 2011 02:05:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Even though Washington State took almost 30 years to pass a gay rights law, two gay Democrats think it’s about ready for marriage equality.
Sen. Ed Murray and Rep. Jamie Pedersen, both Democrats from Seattle’s 43rd District, are considering a major push toward same-sex marriage legislation in January.
According to the Seattle Times, the Evergreen State took nearly 30 years to pass a measure adding sexual orientation to an existing discrimination law. But Murray, the prime sponsor of that 2006 landmark legislation — which was followed in 2007 by the state’s domestic partnership law, which provides same-sex couples legal benefits similar to those of marriage — believes the subject of marriage equality is less “radioactive” than the gay rights bill. “I think people in this state have moved on." |
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