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[WA] Senate passes “everything but marriage” bill, 30-18
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| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Edited | Ralphie Mar 11, 2009 01:07am |
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| News Date | Wednesday, March 11, 2009 07:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Two years after Washington launched a controversial domestic partners registry for same-sex couples, the state Senate late Tuesday voted to grant the partners virtually all the rights of spouses — except marriage.
“You have denied us that right,” Sen. Ed Murray, D-Seattle, who is gay, told his fellow senators. “Do not deny us the right to care for our families and to build our lives.”
Largely along party lines, the Senate voted 30-18 in favor of the bill. It now goes to the state House of Representatives, where it is expected to pass. Gov. Chris Gregoire hasn’t said whether she’ll sign the bill, but has said she supports such rights for same-sex couples.
Four Democrats voted against the bill; three Republicans voted for it. |
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