[NYer]

Ping!

[Vigilanteman]

Legalizing a fiction still doesn't make it real.

[EGPWS]

The two Republican senators who are now supporting gay marriage — Steve Litzow of Mercer Island and Cheryl Pflug of Maple Valley — said the issue was a matter of equality.

A religious ceremony is now a human right because those who marry are generous enough to involve the government when they marry?

And again, another perfect example of why Republican doesn't always mean conservative.

[DemforBush]

Part of me was honestly surprised the vote looks to be so close. It’s easy to forget that Washington state is (politically speaking) more than just Seattle and the rest of the I-5 corridor.

[Jim Scott]

Presenting marriage as a human 'right' is how the homos get 'gay marriage' made law. There is no 'right' to marry, it is a religious and social act that is done voluntary. That the state has some interest in marriage (children, property) and so can declare marriage a law with accompanying rules and regulations inherent in a law is unfortunate because now the homos can cite 'inequality under the law' and make the argument that to disallow same-sex 'marriage' is, all together now, 'discrimination!'. The all-too-common PC reaction of legislators to cries of 'discrimination!' is to 'fix it'. In this case by calling two homosexuals that want to mock marriage by pretending to be the same as a normal male-female couple, 'equal' and thus, by law, deem their coupling a 'marriage'. It is not - and pretending that because 'the law' recognizes it this transform a perversity into something not only legal but somehow socially equal to normal male-female marriage is a palpable lie. We are only fooled by this sham if we chose to be fooled.

[Siena Dreaming]

Vote count is 22-18 but there are 49 lawmakers.

My suspicion is that those not volunteering their position are against gay marriage...though I have no solid proof.

Prayers up that Washington will do the right thing in the end.

[little jeremiah]

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Fervently hoping it does not pass. When the actual VOTERS get to vote, they have always said "NO!"

[redfog]

So-called “Gay marriage” will not be within reach in Wash. (State) Legislature:

The governor and the legislature will be neutered by “We, the people”:

By Lornet Turnbull, Seattle Times staff reporter (1/9/12):

“As the Legislature prepares to take up a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, a gay-marriage opponent on Monday filed an initiative in an attempt to ensure the issue is brought before voters in November, should lawmakers approve it.

The filing by Everett attorney Stephen Pidgeon comes a week after Gov. Chris Gregoire said she would propose same-sex marriage legislation for Washington state.

The proposed initiative, not yet numbered, would reaffirm the state’s Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as between “a male” and “a female.” The initiative seeks to slightly tweak the statute’s language, changing it to “one man” and “one woman.””