WA: Undecided Democratic Senator to Announce Marriage Equality Bill Position Today

Written by scott on January 19th, 2012

Senator Jim Kastama and Marriage EqualityAn undecided Democratic lawmaker is taking a stance on same-sex marriage marriage.

Sen. Jim Kastama of Puyallup has scheduled a press conference for Thursday to declare his position. Supporters of the bill are just two votes shy in the Senate, and Kastama is one of a half-dozen lawmakers who remain uncommitted.

Kastama is a conservative Democrat who voted in 1998 to define marriage as between one man and one woman. He supported a 2009 expansion of the state’s domestic partnership laws.

Full Story from The Seattle PI

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