Washington domestic partnership law under attack October 6, 2009
Posted by mbranesf in : announcements, links , trackbackPlease visit this page and read Jen’s post about the looming deadline to save the state of Washington’s new domestic partnership law. People who live in Washington (and people who do not) can get active now and make sure that the Referendum 71 vote succeeds. The forces of bigotry and lunacy frequently try to use these off-year referenda and special elections to advance their evil (a similar thing is afoot in Maine). Let’s not let it happen this time.
The passage of Proposition 8 in California last year established a terrible precedent. The forces of bigotry were emboldened because, yes, it turns out that voters will, in fact, vote to take away people’s rights. This is a relatively rare concept in this country. Generally, once civil rights are conferred they are not taken away. But now it’s routine to try to do exactly that.
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