Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Washington-Decline to Sign Petitious for Referendum 71!

I remember clearly the day that the Washington legislature voted to upgrade the rights granted to couples in domestic partnerships. I also remember saying that equality opponents were never going to sit stilll. Never had I wanted so badly to be wrong, but sadly, I was right. On Monday, Larry Stickney, president of the Washington Values Association, filed Referendum 71. This referendum, if it gets on the ballot, will give voters the ability to strip couples in domestic partnerships of the few rights they so recently gained. Now people are out trying to collect signatures to get this referendum on the ballot. They have to have over 120,500 signatures by July 25 to have this on the November 3 ballot.All I have to say to the people who support this referendum is:Why? How does this issue affect you, your marriage, or your life in any way? All this referendum will do if it passes is strip people-fellow human beings-of their rights. Certain couples are already being denied, at last count, 1,138 federal rights (Source: http://lataxlawyer.net/ab205.html) Why would you want to strip them of the very few rights that they did gain when our new domestic partnership laws went into effect? This isn't an issue about religion. You don't have to personally accept LGBT people -heck, you don't even have to talk to them. Your churches can continue to refuse to bless same-sex unions. All you have to do is acknowlege that in those same sex unions are two PEOPLE.DECLINE TO SIGN!!!

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