Washington State governor proposes legalization of gay ‘marriage’
OLYMPIA, - Washington State Governor Chris Gregoire announced at a press conference yesterday that she plans to introduce a bill in the state legislature to legalize homosexual “marriage.” Gregoire signed a law creating same-sex domestic partnerships in the state in 2007, and now hopes Washington will become the seventh state to sanction gay “marriage.” Washington State Governor Chris Gregoire In a twenty minute speech, the governor compared laws against same-sex “marriage” to discrimination against racial minorities, women, people with disabilities, immigrants, and religious sects, and called on Washingtonians to “support equality again in our great state.” The Seattle Times reports that the governor, who is a Catholic, has said that her position “has been a battle for me with my religion.” “I came to realize the religions can decide what they want to do, but it is not OK for the state to discriminate,” she said, according to the news service. Her proposal has received suppor