Tag Archives: Washington state

WA: Attorney General To Appeal Decision To Cloak Names Of R-71 Signers

Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna says he will file an appeal to the decision of a federal judge to cloak the names of those who signed the anti-gay Referendum 71, which would repeal the state’s new domestic partners law. Yesterday federal judge Ben Settle said that people have the right to participate anonymously in the political process. This ain’t …

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Judge: The Signers Of Referendum 71 Can Keep On Their White Hoods

A federal judge has ruled that the names of the bigoted signers of Referendum 71 will remain shielded from public review. If his temporary injunction stands, we’ll never really know if the signers were actually registered voters or even real people, as many questions have been raised about the entire petition process, including the verifications of the names. U.S. District …

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Washington State: Judge Rejects Challenge To Referendum 71

A last-ditch effort to keep the repeal of domestic partners rights off the ballot in Washington state has failed. A judge has cleared the way for a public vote on expanded domestic partnership benefits in Washington state. Thurston County Superior Court Judge Thomas McPhee issued his ruling on Referendum 71 Tuesday afternoon. Gay-rights supporters filed the lawsuit, claiming that state …

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WA: Judge Rejects R-71 Challenge

Washington state judge Julie Spector has rejected a challenge to Referendum 71, the petition bid to overturn the state’s new domestic partners law. But all is not lost as the judge said she had “serious concerns” about the validity of many of the signatures and told pro-gay opponents to refile their challenge in another court. Judge Julie Spector issued her …

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WA: Referendum 71 Makes Ballot

It appears that Washington state’s proposed Referendum 71, the petition drive to repeal domestic partners legislation, has squeaked by with enough valid signatures to make the November ballot. With the Referendum 71 signature-check now nearly complete, state election officials say they’ve now confirmed that sponsors turned in more than the bare minimum needed for a spot on the November statewide …

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WA: R-71 Donor Names To Go Public

The Washington State Public Disclosure Commission has decided to make public the names of those who donated to Referendum 71, the ballot drive to repeal domestic partners legislation. The Commission decided that the anti-gay group, Protect Marriage, had no proof that people has been threatened for making similar donations. The request to remove the names was made earlier this month …

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Godwin’s Law Never Fails

Objecting to the way disruptive town hall teabaggers have been characterized as “brownshirts” by some in the media, a man in the audience tells Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA), “If Nancy Pelosi wants to find a swastika, maybe the first place she should look is the sleeve of her own arm.” More Nazi analogies ensue. Cue righteous applause.

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Ref. 71 Leader: The Gays Are Making The State Work Too Fast

As the rate of bad Referendum 71 signatures continues to rise, Washington state’s wingnuts are accusing LGBT activists of pressuring election officials to speed up the process, thereby causing errors. The Faith and Freedom Network’s Gary Randall bleats: The hurry-up plan was put in place as the homosexual lobby discovered that the faster the checkers checked, the more names were …

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Referendum 71 May Make Ballot After All

In a strange turnaround, Washington state election officials have reversed their error rates on the signature validation process for Referendum 71 petitions, the ballot drive that would repeal the state’s new domestic partners law. Dominic Holden at Slog: After days of posting the number of invalid signatures for anti-gay Referendum 71, elections officials are retracting their counts, declaring that hundreds …

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Error Rate Increasing On Referendum 71

Washington state auditors report that the percentage of bad signatures on the petition drive to repeal domestic partners legislation is increasing. “Overall, 23,457 signatures have been processed, with a cumulative error rate of 13.31 percent. Sponsors need to get 120,577 of their signatures declared valid in order to secure a ballot spot. They turned in 137,689 signatures back on July …

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WA: Low Rate Of Bad Names On Petitions

The rate of bad names found so far on Washington’s domestic partners repeal petitions indicates that the measure may make the ballot, although it’s very early in the count. The secretary of state’s office said Monday evening that it has completed its second day of checking signatures on Referendum 71 – the attempt to repeal Washington’s “everything but marriage” same-sex …

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Anti-Gay Referendum 71 Nut: You Can’t Videotape Me, I’m FAMOUS

Anti-gay Referendum 71 wackjob Greg MacPherson didn’t want to be videotaped turning in petitions and screamed for the police, saying he was a famous public figure and therefore could not be taped without his permission. State troopers showed up to school the asshole. Via Pam Spaulding: As if trying to prevent Washington families from having solid legal protections isn’t harassment …

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WA: Judge Cloaks Names Of Haters

At the demand of right-wing Christiantists, a Washington judge has blocked the release of the names of the people who signed Referendum 71, a petition to repeal the state’s new domestic partners law. A federal judge in Tacoma has temporarily blocked release of the names and addresses of those who signed Referendum 71, which would repeal a law giving gay …

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WA: Haters Want To Hide Their Names

Protect Families Washington is suing the state to prevent the publication of the names of people who signed the Referendum 71 petition, which would overturn the state’s brand-new domestic partners law. Washington’s secretary of state says the request will be heard in court, but that the haters shouldn’t hold their breath. U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle is hearing the request …

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Caught On Tape: Lying About Washington’s Referendum 71

Anti-gay organizers of Washington state’s Referendum 71, which would repeal the brand-new domestics partners law, have submitted 135,000 petition signatures, a modest buffer over the required 120,000 that may not stand up during the required scrutiny for duplicate or fraudulent names. Nothing can be done, however, about the names that were scored when the Liars For Christ™ told people that …

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Sister Of Tony Winner Norbert Leo Butz Killed In Possible Hate Crime

The lesbian sister of Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz (left) was stabbed to death in her Seattle-area home on Sunday. Police are investigating the murder as a possible hate crime. Teresa Butz, 39, was stabbed along with her partner, a 36-year-old woman who was released Monday from Harborview Medical Center. The attacker, who entered through an open window, remains …

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Haters To Turn In Petitions To Repeal Domestic Partners Law In Washington

Anti-gay activists say they have collected the required signatures to put a repeal of Washington state’s new domestic partners law on the November ballot. The law is set to go into effect on Sunday unless the petitions are valid and submitted by Saturday. Dave Ammons, a spokesman for the secretary of state’s office, said R-71 sponsors didn’t say how many …

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Larry Stickney – Defender Of Marriage

Pam’s House Blend contributor Lurleen has just posted an astounding evisceration of Larry Stickney, the campaign manager for Protect Marriage Washington, the group behind the effort to repeal that state’s brand new “everything but marriage” domestic partners law. Among Lurleen’s revelations is that the three-times married Stickney has had a restraining order issued against him by one of his ex-wives …

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Washington: Haters Unveil Map-Sized Petition To Repeal Domestic Partners Law

Last month I told you that the anti-gay freaks in Washington state were required by law put to all 118 pages of that state’s domestic partners law onto a single sheet of paper for their petition repeal effort. Today Slog’s Dominic Holden has the first shot of the double-sided Referendum 71 petition, which measures 2′ x 3′ when unfolded. Each …

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He’s Unstoppable

This is really sweet. At the Sasquatch Music Festival in George, Washington, a lone man twitches arhythmically on a hill to Unstoppable by Santigold. And then one person joins him in his twitchy dance. Then another. Then just about everybody. The guy’s name is apparently Colin, who says on one of the several clips on YouTube, “Sometimes rhythm is deeper …

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