All of Washington state is moving towards equality
Pams House blend Nov 05 09Washington voters have accomplished a national first by ratifying a new law that makes state registered domestic partnerships fully parallel to civil marriage. The provisional election result is currently 52% to 48%. This story is huge and is already getting some well-deserved attention. And remember, we won by a comfortable margin in an off-year election when the likely voter pool is dominated by older, more conservative voters. We know support for domestic partnerships is much higher in the general electorate.
Much is being made of the geographic clustering of counties where the majority of voters have approved R-71 (right, in green). Full story...
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Pams House blend 7 hours agoIt's on.
Steven Goldstein from Garden State Equality:
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Family Research Council caught falsely accusing Congresswoman of religious bigotry
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Oh so sad. I guess the network will be going off the air if "errors" are now verboten. Here's the memo, courtesy of FishbowlDC.
Is belief in marriage equality next on Catholic Church's use of communion as a political weapon?
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Gary Randall's judicial pick convicted of felony
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