Tag Archives: Washington state

“It is now time for our gay and lesbian citizens to be treated equally and that means marriage.” – Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire. Story developing, update here in minutes. UPDATE: The Seattle Times has more. Gov. Chris Gregoire on Wednesday said she’ll put forward legislation to legalize marriage for gay and lesbian couples. The proposal will be introduced during the …

Via the Bellingham Herald in Washington state. A 22-year-old man was arrested for an alleged hate crime against a lesbian couple early Sunday, Dec. 11, after he yelled slurs at them and smashed in the window of a victim’s car, but was then pinned to the ground by one of the victims, police said. William Adam Lane confronted the couple …

Seattle hair salon owner Danny Vega has died after two weeks in a coma that resulted from a brutal street attack by several men. Vega’s family believes the assault was a hate crime, although the police are not investigating it as such. On Nov. 15, Vega, a prominent figure in the city’s Filipino American community, was taking an evening walk …

The Supreme Court has declined to block the release of the names on Washington State’s Referendum 71 petition. The decision is seen as portending against NOM, should their similar battle ever reach the nation’s highest court. “This means we can once again release these public records,” said Katie Blinn, co-director of state elections in the office of Secretary of State …

With the backing of dozens of major rights groups, Washington United for Marriage today officially kicked off their bid to see same-sex marriage legalized in 2012. Residents can pitch in by signing the group’s petition to state legislators.

According to a new poll, should the Washington state legislature legalize same-sex marriage, a majority of voters would support the law in a public referendum. (Via – Think Progress)

Much to the anguish of the anti-gay hate industry, today a federal judge ordered the release of the names on Referendum 71, the 2009 petition attempt to repeal Washington state’s domestic partners law. U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle said in a ruling Monday that it was unlikely that signers would face threats or harassment. Opponents of the law that expanded …

A Native American tribe in Washington state has approved gay marriage. On Monday, the Suquamish Tribal Council formally changed its ordinances to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples. The Suquamish ordinance means gay couples are afforded all the rights heterosexual couples are allowed on the reservation and other places in which gay marriages are allowed. The new law allows the …

A Seattle man on trial for the 2009 rape and fatal stabbing of a lesbian couple told the court that God had instructed him to commit the crime. “I was there and I was told by my God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to attack my enemies, and I did so,” Isaiah Kalebu said under questioning by one …

World Net Daily has dug up those years-old anonymous internet comments (some from JMG) to illustrate a story about the latest attempt to block the names of those that signed an anti-gay petition in Washington state. A federal court in Tacoma, Wash., has been asked to order that the names of signatories of a state petition seeking to protect traditional …

Last year Seattle’s iconic Space Needle flew the rainbow flag in recognition of gay Pride. But officials at the landmark said earlier this month that they would not be repeating the honor this year. That may change. In response to a ground swell of support requesting the Rainbow Flag being raised again on Seattle Pride Weekend, the Space Needle has …

Today the Washington state Senate voted 28-19 to recognize all legal partnerships (marriages, civil unions, etc) from other jurisdictions. The state House approved the bill last month. “This bill is about making sure that people who love one another – and that love and friendship respected and honored in another state or another country – when they come here they …

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of a Washington state anti-assisted suicide group that has refused to disclose the names of its donors. Last week NOM lost a similar battle to cloak its donors in Maine and some have expected them to take their appeal to SCOTUS. The court on Tuesday let stand without comment a …

Yesterday lawmakers in Washington state used the occasion of Valentine’s Day to introduce a marriage equality bill, fulfilling the dire warnings of anti-gay activists who had predicted that the 2009 failure of Referendum 71 was a mere stepping-stone to full equality for gays. This Valentine’s Day, Rep. Jim Moeller, D-Vancouver, and Sen. Ed Murray, D-Seattle, said the night is darkest …

Last last night Sen. Patty Murray was declared the winner against GOP challenger Dino Rossi. All the ballots still aren’t counted yet, but Murray’s 46,000 vote lead was judged to be insurmountable. Murray has a near 100% record on LGBT rights, but supports civil unions over full marriage equality. Rossi had been endorsed by the Tea Party, but steered clear …

The Washington state woman who falsely claimed that a black girl threw acid in her face is being charged with theft for accepting donations from a fooled community. When she was first hospitalized, the woman told reporters that it was only through her faith in Jeebus that she survived the attack of the evil (nonexistent) black woman. (Tipped by JMG …

A Washington woman who told reporters that she was only alive because of her faith in Jeebus has been exposed as having actually thrown acid on her own face. So much for the unidentified black woman the hoaxer had accused. The “attack” has been discussed daily on right wing talk radio. A woman who said she was attacked with acid …

Even though the Supreme Court ruled in June that forcing Protect Marriage Washington to disclose the names on their petitions was not unconstitutional, yesterday a federal judge blocked the release of the names as the bigots continues their bid to show that violent homofascists will rain down retribution if R-71’s signers become known. U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle ruled Wednesday …

“We will now ask the district court to rule on whether we are entitled to a special exemption, if we can prove traditional marriage supporters were targeted for harassment and intimidation. We believe there is more than ample evidence. “What we have, since the adoption of Proposition 8, is a very transparent nationwide strategy by the gay activists to harass …