Two key Democratic state lawmakers are considering a major push to try and pass a gay-marriage law in Washington next year.
Sen. Ed Murray and Rep. Jamie Pedersen, gay lawmakers from the 43rd District in Seattle, said they’re in early discussions and have to run the idea by community and legislative leaders. The Legislature convenes in January.
Murray was the prime sponsor of landmark gay-rights legislation approved by the Legislature in 2006 and a domestic-partnership law that passed in 2007. Washington’s domestic-partnership law provides same-sex couples legal benefits similar to those of marriage. Pedersen has played a leading role in expanding the law over the past several years, but gay-marriage advocates say that law does not go far enough.
Full Story from The Seattle Times
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