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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Gay Marriage Repeat Till You're Blue in Your Big Gay Face: "Approve Referendum 74"

Posted by Dominic Holden on Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 11:23 AM

My neighbor walked into the coffee shop this morning—a working mom, has a wonderful kid, thriving career, acres of smarts, and enthusiastic support for gay marriage—and proudly informed me she was prepared to reject Referendum 74. Which seems like it makes sense. Anti-gay Preserve Marriage Washington is trying to place R-74 on the ballot to repeal Washington State's marriage law, so naturally a person like my neighbor thinks that she wants to reject whatever they're doing. But she doesn't. She wants to approve R-74.

Here's a quick reminder on the way a referendum works: It simply puts on hold a law passed by the legislature and places that same exact law before voters. A vote to approve the referendum makes the law pass; a vote to reject the marriage law means that marriage equality fails.

This morning at 10:00 a.m., Preserve Marriage Washington turned in over 225,000 signature (apparently more than required to qualify for the ballot), so it looks like like voters will decide the fate of marriage equality in November. And they can uphold marriage equality by approving Referendum 74.

Tell your friends.

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Approve means Approve. Seems pretty simple, really.

Posted by DOUG.

on June 6, 2012 at 11:38 AM

Tell them to think "I do".

Posted by TheKimmerly on June 6, 2012 at 11:40 AM

Preserve Marriage Washington has a wonderful Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Preserve-…

Feel free to leave them a note. For example:

http://www.atheistmemebase.com/wp-conten…

Posted by tiktok on June 6, 2012 at 11:49 AM

Civil rights should never be put to a vote.

Posted by certaindoom on June 6, 2012 at 11:53 AM

All our rights were voted on--just usually not directly by the electorate. Congress passes a law defining marriage--that's a vote. The Supreme Court rules on a case--those are votes. The only way to not have civil rights "voted on" is to have the Queen decree it so, on the advice of God, or some bullshit.

Posted by tiktok on June 6, 2012 at 11:55 AM

The good news is that the mouth-breathers opposing marriage equality are even more likely to make similar mistakes; to our benefit.

Posted by ohthetrees on June 6, 2012 at 12:26 PM

Jesus people are stupid.

Tell me again why we have democracy?

Posted by Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

on June 6, 2012 at 12:32 PM

Thank you for this Dominic! We're going to need several reminders over the months leading up to the election, I think...

And I'll be telling everyone APPROVE! APPROVE! till I'm blue in my big STRAIGHT face, thank you!!

;-)

Posted by merry on June 6, 2012 at 12:35 PM

I'm holding hands with #7, really people get some education BEFORE you vote on issues. Stop and THINK about how to get to facts. Then search out the facts.

Posted by Sargon Bighorn on June 6, 2012 at 12:36 PM

If we really want to keep the marriage equality law, then we need to air ads 24/7 on every teevee and radio station east of the Cascades that approving 74 means mass extermination camps to murder every last one of us gawdliss hummuhsekshals--those sadistic fuckwads will fall all over themselves to vote for it!

Posted by Original Andrew on June 6, 2012 at 12:49 PM

Damn!

To be honest this saddens me (and shocks me) that they supposedly got so many signatures.

I thought it might get on the ballot, but I thought it would get on the ballot like Referendum 71, with barely enough signatures and a questionable signature verification process.

Posted by passionate_jus on June 6, 2012 at 1:01 PM

I know this is winnable with a lot of hard work, especially when NOM and the Mormons and the Catholics will be divided between WA, MN, ME and MD.

Posted by passionate_jus on June 6, 2012 at 1:03 PM

Thanks for sharing this. Washington United is hosting phone banks Mondays - Thursdays around Seattle to share this information with voters. We can always use more volunteers. www.washingtonunitedformarriage.com

Posted by mjh on June 6, 2012 at 1:06 PM

NOM is a front group for conservative Catholics - yes we can win, but the time to act is now - and keep working. Get messages out to people around you, family, friends, coworkers, send money now ... send more later. $$$$ ... can't buy .. air time with air. Play for the WIN !!!

Posted by George Bakan on June 6, 2012 at 1:31 PM

I assumed they'd get a lot, this isn't a surprise.

What's surprising to me is how the Westboro Baptist Church is in town to help them celebrate. Unexpected!

Posted by Baconcat on June 6, 2012 at 1:32 PM

It was bound to happen but so is marriage equality. I have faith we'll overcome the douchbaggery of Preserve Marriage Washington and other such groups. Oh by the way here is the link for the Preserve Marriage Washington Facebook...feel free to pink wash the shit out of their page. :)

Link: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Preserve-…

Posted by PinkieWatson on June 6, 2012 at 3:40 PM

"The good news is that the mouth-breather marriage equality are even more likely to mistakes; to our benefit."

@6, I wouldn't be so sure. A lot of the mouth-breathers will have their rolling Mark Driscoll or Ken Hutcherson types telling them how to vote week after week. We need to match their efforts. Vote to approve. Tell your friends.

Posted by duffellduffell on June 6, 2012 at 6:29 PM

Er, "holy-rolling," that is.

Posted by duffellduffell on June 6, 2012 at 6:30 PM

When will the signatures be released?

Posted by Joe Szilagyi

on June 6, 2012 at 8:02 PM

The problem is the anti people got the ref on the ballot so people automatically think that means the ref is anti too. They don't want to approve what they assume is taking away a right. #2 has a great idea - say I DO to Ref 74.

Posted by Rhincon on June 18, 2012 at 4:12 AM

i go to mars hill and mark driscoll never told us how to vote. just wanted to clear that up.

Posted by easymac on October 23, 2012 at 2:57 PM