Monday, February 13, 2012
Gay Marriage Gregoire: "This is signed!"
Posted by Eli Sanders on Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 12:18 PM
- E.S.
As governor for more than seven years, this is one of my proudest moments. And most surely today is a proud day in the history of the Legislature and the state of Washington. It is a day historians will mark as a milestone for equal rights. A day when we did what was right, we did what was just, and we did what was fair. We stood up for equality and we did it together – Republicans and Democrats, gay and straight, young and old, and a variety of religious faiths. I’m proud of who and what we are in this state.
I’m proud that our same-sex couples will no longer be treated as separate but equal. They will be equal. I’m proud that children in our schools and neighborhoods will not have to wonder why their loving parents are considered different than other loving parents. I’m proud of parents who have fought so fiercely for the rights of their much-loved gay and lesbian children. And I’m proud that children who discover they are gay and lesbian can feel good about themselves.
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Lots of work left to do.
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The law is blind to challenges. That's why its effective date is the same as all other bills until the referendum petition drive is done.
Anyway, that's that. Until June 6th this is till going to happen. If they get a referendum through that changes, but we'll fight and win.
Always remember that the anti-gay activists got to the ballot and lost at the ballot on a message of "R-71 is marriage" and here we are, 3 years later. We did all the heavy lifting now we just need to stay on message, tell our stories and have internet shouting matches until either the 7th of June or the 7th of December.
Then we'll all get gay-married.
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Still this is a wonderful wonderful day. What a great thing. :)
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Ah, Tea Party/Libertarians on welfare, the true victims.
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Even if you've had a hard life, you'd still make others suffer and crow about your own hardships. You may have some sort of mental illness way beyond depression, but does resigning others to the same fate really make you feel better?
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