“Everything..(or should we call it)..anything but marriage,” may be coming to a city near you, as leaders in a several states become desperate to prevent marriage equality, an issue that some see as inflicting “violence” on straight marriage.
So says Dan Savage in The Stranger.
We’re all talking about Maine but the vote to uphold R-71 here in Washington state may wind up having a more significant impact. Washington was the first state where voters backed a law that provided same-sex couples with the all the rights of marriage that the state can confer…
Rhode Island governor, Republican Don Carcieri recently vetoed a bill that would have allowed same-sex partners to make funeral arrangements. But after meeting privately with a half-dozen members of Queer Action of Rhode Island, he cited the “everything but marriage” referendum as a possible model.
One of the comments to that Stranger post mentioned that religious conservatives really wanted the people of Washington to have their say about same-sex relations. It looks like they did.
The voice of the people in WA state was strong, and now it’s breaking down barriers.
However, many gays are resentful that this whole separate but equal movement is coming back and that DP’s might be used as an excuse for not granting full marriage equality.
