OLYMPIA, WASH. — Within hours of Washington state Gov. Chris Gregoire signing a marriage equality bill into law, opponents on Monday filed the paperwork necessary to collect signatures for a referendum to overturn the law.
Referendum 74 would be a yes or no on gay marriage question if it gets to the ballot. A “yes” vote means the law passes as signed, a “no” vote would overturn it.
“It’s preferable if we understand that marriage is unique and special and it’s not necessarily inclusive of every relationship,” said Christopher Plante with the National Organization for Marriage.
“There are lots of relationships that are very meaningful to people that are not called marriages and that’s OK,” he said.
In a message to supporters, NOM President Brian Brown, confirmed that the NOM “is joining with the Family Policy Institute of Washington, Stand for Marriage Washington, Concerned Women for America and hundreds of other groups, pastors and individuals to take this issue directly to the people in November.”
Referendum 74 sponsors will need to collect 120,577 valid signatures of registered Washington voters by June 6 to secure a place on the ballot.
If that doesn’t happen, the same sex-marriage law would go into effect June 7.
If the measure does qualify for the ballot, the law would effectively be put on hold until the November 6 general election and certification on December 6.
Gregoire on Monday signed into law the measure passed last week by the state legislature that legalizes same-sex marriage, making Washington state the seventh in the nation to allow same-sex couples to marry.
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Of course they did. They have nothing better to do than to stick their nose in everyones else life. These people need to worry about there own.
i hope they all have heart attacks lol
and i hope their children die
To that Lady holding the Sign… NAH (: Im good (gay) <3
My rights are no longer up for religious debate.
One man and one woman only.?? Hmm doesn’t someone need to tell that to Um Newt Gingrich, Britney Spears and Sinead O’Conner.????
oh dear god lets hope they dont switch things this fast this would be ridiculous why cant peope just let people live
@Woodall: I don’t know about you, but if I were related to any of those pricks I wouldn’t want them to worry about me. Frankly, I wouldn’t even associate myself with them at all.
I think the lady holding the sign should really change it to “ONE MAN, ONE WOMAN IF I CAN HUNT THE FUCKER DOWN AND SEDATE HIM”
Damn, she looks mean.
Gay marriage should be legal in all 50 states.
No, Charlie Kee. Don’t bring yourself to their level.
One man One Woman Only,,,hummmm is that at one time or ONe at a time…
WOW that woman looking really rough, no ONE MAN is gonna look at her twice. You would think she’d want the LGBTQ community on her side when she be lookin’ like that. Doesn’t she know how purrty we could make her look!!! LMAO
Disgusting. All of this needs to end. Marriage equality needs to be granted on the federal (Supreme Court) level and extended to every state. The rights of a minority group should never be up for popular vote.
If we allow gay marriage can we also allow polygamy? I’m serious too…
U will lose!!!
those idiots dont care about marriage. if they did, the divorce rate wouldnt be sky high! they think they have the right to dictate everyones lives, because you know they live the right lifestyle… no thanks! i would try to see things from their point of view, but no matter how hard i try, i cant get my head that far up my ass! oh to be a homophobe…
What the F—-…howabout everyone drop it and just allow equal marriage rights and other rights that we do not share :
Tell that Kim Kardashian and Newt Gingrich!
I try so hard not to be angry and bitter and as petty as our opponents…they make it difficult, I must say. Take all that energy that builds up as rage and work on activism that sends our civil rights forward.
Surprise surprise. What a shame.
Seriously. These people have nothing better to do?
I just have an issue on why they want to deny someone else happiness? How many of them have had affairs? How many of them have been divorced and re-married? How many of them have had pre-marital sex? And yet they want to cast stones.
Santo Lupo: Hate makes you ugly. Except for Michele Bachmann. She’s gorgeous.
Allyn Beaver: I hope so too.
BOO!
No registered voters need to sign.
we can beat this bullshit
NOM makes u ugly….taking peoples rights away….make u just plain anti social lol
wouldnt mit romney be against one man one woman?? thought the mormons were against that
Most of them probably aren’t even from this state. *sigh* Repubs say they want states to be able to decide, but apparently it is only if the states decide to discriminate…
OMG what the hell is wrong with people???
That’d be like the patriots protesting after the superbowl. YOU STILL LOST
Assholes!.
No Mitt id anti humanity
Lol is
People do this because they are afraid of change. In most homes, people were raised to believe that marriage is to be between a man and a woman which is sanctified by the church. Must those who teach this forget our founding fathers wrote the constitution which made it perfectly clear that all men shall be free. FREEDOM!! We are NOT a communist country (yet) and should have the right to choose who we are with. We don’t question 24 hour marriage chapels in Las Vegas.. We don’t question those who annull their marriages after 72 hours because they “didn’t get a long” NO ONE questions the cheating and backsliding that happens everyday between a man and a woman who have married for years and those who are even in our congress…. SO SHUT THE FUCK UP AND LET ME BE FREE TO MARRY WHO I CHOSE DAMNIT!
Don’t these people have productive things to do?
Well I can say I live in washinton state and I am very proud to say so because our govenor finally wake and listen to the people who are saying everyone should have the right to marry who they love and want to spend their life with wether it be man and woman,man and man or woman and woman. We all should have that right. Love knows no gender.
We can and should be angry at people such as that poor, unattractive woman, but y’all, look how far we have come!! Even ten years ago, none of this was even within the realm of possibility. We will make it and we can support each other as never before because of forums and networking sites. The thing that the opponents need to understand is that we WANT this and we will not be denied. Just as the 1964 Civil Rights Act was anathema to the good ol boy system down here in the south, this is ruffling feathers, as well. The Freedom riders and the proponents of voting and civil rights won because it was the Constitutional, American thing to do, and so will we for the same reasons.
…someone should tell her to go back to the time when women didnt have the right to vote…maybe then she would understand…marriage is legal in the U.S. and in the U.S. all of us are created equal…
Is she like one of the ‘onemillionmoms.com’?
people need to just stop hating!!!!!!!!
Is it really that awful? To let two people who just happen to be of the same sex love each other? Is it really that “life threatening”?
get over it….
This isn’t shocking. It seems the most hateful people are also the ones with the most free time. These people are on the wrong side of history and just as we look back on others who were on the wrong side of history in the past, they will also be seen for what they are – hateful, ignorant, and shockingly misguided.
If i only had a death note and the names and faces of all these people