WA PASSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY BILL
On 2/8/12, WA marriage equality bill passed the WA House of Representatives, 55-43. WA is now set to become the seventh state to achieve marriage equality for LGBT couples. Gov. Chris Gregoire is expected to sign the bill early next week. Opponents have promised to fight gay marriage with a ballot measure that would allow voters to overturn the legislative approval.
However, last October, a University of Washington poll found that an increasing number of people in the state support same-sex marriage. If a challenge to gay marriage law was on the ballot, 55% said they would vote to uphold the law, and 38% said they would vote to reject a gay marriage law.
Graphic by the Human Rights Campaign: www.hrc.org
Seven states have come to the light; only 43 more to go...
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