Gov. Chris Gregoire on Monday signed into law a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, a move that sparked promises of a referendum from opponents. Last week the bill was passed by a vote of 55 to 43 in the Washington State House of Representatives, according to a story in The Olympia ...
UPDATE: Senate Bill 6239 to make Washington the seventh state to allow same-sex couples to wed passed the Senate tonight on a 28-21 vote around 8:00 p.m. The measure now moves to the House of Representatives. If the bill is succesful Gov. Christine Gregoire has declared she will sign it. ...
One of the many concerns opponents of same-sex marriage have expressed is whether churches who choose not to perform such weddings would lose some of the protections they have now, according to an article in The Olympia Report. Dr. Joe Fuiten, senior minister of Cedar Park Church in Bothell, said ...