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Gay Marriage Is Legal in Washington State

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Posted on Feb 8, 2012
AP / Elaine Thompson

Rep. Reuven Carlyle, right, and other lawmakers congratulate Rep. Jamie Pedersen, center, who helped lead efforts to pass the bill, after the House voted to legalize gay marriage in Washington state.

Washington became the seventh state to enter into the distinguished company of those that recognize the right of gays and lesbians to marry when the House passed Gov. Chris Gregoire’s same-sex marriage bill with a 55-43 vote Wednesday. Gregoire is expected to sign the bill into law within the next five days.

Gay marriage opponents promised to challenge the legalization with a referendum, which would be pursued after Gregoire signs the bill. —ARK

The Seattle Times:

There was never any doubt the legislation would be approved in the House. More than 50 lawmakers announced support for the bill before it came up for a vote.

The biggest hurdle was the state Senate, which has conservative Democrats opposed to the measure. Even there, it passed last week with a 28-21 vote.

Lawmakers in the House debated the measure for more than two hours, although as Rep. Jay Rodne, R-North Bend, noted early on, “This bill is going to pass. It’s a foregone conclusion.”

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By thethirdman, February 9 at 4:43 am Link to this comment

@Memory_Hole

I do agree with you that these knuckledraggers are continuously on the wrong side
of history (and reason) but it’s dangerous to laugh them off as a side show.  From
their perspective, their world is under constant attack and they feel they are losing
all semblance of control.  This is not a good thing for the rest of us, because they
own guns in disproportionate quantities.  I bet if Obama wins reelection, that final
straw will break the camel’s back, and there will be some serious tweaking of our
righteous Christian brothers.

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By Leefeller, February 8 at 9:29 pm Link to this comment

Gebebiz on a cracker, Washington and California in two days, bet Man on Dog Rick Santorum and his bigot followers may be getting their closed minds opened for a bit of fresh air?

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By Memory_Hole, February 8 at 7:38 pm Link to this comment

Oh, of course. And it isn’t just Washington.  It’s these imbecilic fundamentalist “christians” in every state, on the losing side of history, but they’re damn sure going to waste their lives on their moronic quest to live in a Taliban-like theocracy.  Why can’t they just GET A LIFE?!

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By mrfreeze, February 8 at 7:29 pm Link to this comment

NOT SO FAST - There will be the inevitable “challenge” by all the opponents of gay marriage, then there will be an “initiative” during the next election so that the nitwit voters in this state can go the the whole process again…....and the process will go on and on and on and on and on and on and on…...................

(I live in WA and we can study, vote on and beat a dead horse better than any other place in the world).

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