09/23/2009
Referendum 71: Court Case Over Anti-gay Washington Donors Fast-Tracked, Vote to be Close
A lawsuit regarding disclosing names of donors to the anti-gay Referendum 71 measure in Washington state is to be fast-tracked, Slog reports:
"A three-judge panel will hear oral arguments on October 14 in Pasadena, California. Each side will have 15 minutes to present their case. By signing R-71 petitions, voters indicated that a law to extend the state-granted rights of marriage to same-sex partners should be put on the ballot, ultimately in an attempt to repeal them. But in a bizarre twist of hypocrisy, anti-gay Protect Marriage Washington now claims that the signers are a minority—because they were trying to limit rights of a minority, you see—at risk of harm if their identities are released."
Slog also reports on some new numbers which show the vote to approve R-71 (which would retain the rights given to gays and lesbians in domestic partnership laws) is only ahead by a very narrow margin. Said Josh Friedes, a spokesman for Washington Families Standing Together, which sponsored the poll: "It’s going to be a razor thin election. We need to focus on turning out our base. What we know is that in off-year election, as much as half the electorate doesn't vote, and the frequent voters in off-year elections are older and more conservative."
Posted 11:11 AM EST by Andy Towle in Gay Marriage, News, Washington | Permalink
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The people trying to get R-71 Approved go about it in the worst possible manner. This law applies to old people who are straight as well. Why aren't we pushing that???!!! If you want old conservatives to vote for you, then tell them why they should.
Posted by: Aiden Raccoon | Sep 23, 2009 11:38:59 AM
hey andy...
you know what's ironically amusing in its tragedy -- this fashion piece appears as the soft-shoe minstrel act that one could argue that i've been doing (but NOT) -- much as one could mime through something while being involved in education yet not directly as some of it becomes so very boy scout with tainted girl scout cookies -- tainted if one considers the unspoken....thanks. just protect children through protecting marriage. it reminds me of filtering photos while breathing heavily on a window.
Posted by: ricardo | Sep 23, 2009 12:39:49 PM