Washington will become the 7th state to offer marriage equality in the United States. The Senate passed the bill last week and the House passed the bill today. The governor is expected to sign the bill into law, which would take effect after 90 days of the governor’s signature.
Currently, New York, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Washington DC have marriage equality for same-sex couples. Opponents of marriage equality have already started gathering signatures to put this to a vote in November; however, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling this week on Prop 8 would probably apply to Washington as well. Washington falls under the same appeals court and the circumstances, if this were to go to voters, would be nearly identical.
This is one slippery slope I am delighted to be on the edge of!
I agree. I wasn’t overly impressed with how they narrowed the Prop 8 decision, but I think it will work in our best interest after all.
Nothing short of fantastic! And Kudos to the Governor for evolving from her previous stance and making this happen!
I agree that it was a great turn around for her and I loved here statement. It’s too bad that she had to wait until she wasn’t running for election again to take this stance. The problem with politics is that politicians are always running for re-election and they are afraid to stand against the majority. Still, her words were very eloquent and will hopefully change some minds.
Three cheers for Washington! Hopefully California won’t be too far behind…again. Lol.