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Image via Wikipedia February, the month of love, will be the month we score some major, unexpected victories for marriage. Victory number one:  taking marriage to the people of Washington . After the out-of-touch state legislature rammed through a gay marriage bill in Washington state , a citizen's coalition (with NOM's help!) called Preserve Marriage Washington immediately filed the paperwork to take marriage to the people! Joseph Backholm is leading the effort at Preserve Marriage Washington (with your help!), as  this  New American  piece makes clear: Among the leaders in the fight to preserve marriage in Washington is Joseph Backholm, head of the state's Family Policy Institute, who said his group is working to give voters the final say on the issue. "Marriage is the union of one man and one woman for good reason," Backholm said following passage of the homosexual marriage bill. "Marriage is society's way of bringing men and women together so that c

February 13, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - Gov. Christine Gregoire of Washington State has signed into law a gay “marriage” bill that will force church-owned facilities to accommodate homosexual ceremonies. Gregoire, a lame-duck Democrat governor who proposed the bill earlier this year, celebrated the end of defining marriage as between a man and a woman as she signed the bill on Monday. Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire “I’m proud our same-sex couples will no longer be treated as separate but equal,” she said. The bill makes Washington the sixth U.S. state to redefine marriage, in addition to the District of Columbia . Local religious leaders have been particularly alarmed about the bill because it will force facilities owned by churches that are regularly used for marriages to be offered to homosexual couples. The  bill text  states that religious organizations that provide “accommodations, facilities, advantages, privileges, services, or goods related to the solemnizat