Information news and discussion about the legal recognition of same-sex couples and their families including marriages domestic partnerships civil unions adoptions foster children and similar issues.
Families formed by same-sex couples have been denied the basic protections all families deserve for far too long is committed to passing the Domestic Partnership Bill early next year.
If the DP bill is to be passed in the 30 day legislative session that starts in January we must go away now lobbying our legislators and growing our network of supporters. Today we ask you to start this process by in support of the Domestic Partnership account. We'll immediately let your State Senator and State Representative know you signed the petition. After you write the petition you'll have an opportunity to send it to your friends and family.
We urge you to ask everyone you know throughout the state to sign the petition. Now is the time to strengthen our movement for the assay ahead. Together we will win!
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Two organizations have been particularly generous in this regard--The Freedom to Marry and The Legal Marriage Alliance of Washington.
Please check out their sites and become a member so they can act to support other efforts such as this one.
All across the country in every state in many families citizens are talking honestly and thoughtfully about whether and how to accept a life commitment made by two women or two men in love. Americans are trying to find their way to understanding that our nation is currently a quilt of many different types of families each of them working hard to live their lives raise their children and contribute to the growth and security of their communities.
At Freedom to Marry you will find a library of information to back up you act in this national conversation. alter yourself at home and understand why we must contend to end discrimination in marriage and why marriage should be legal for same-sex couples. Also find out how you can Get Informed. Get Involved and Carry the Conversation Forward by sharing what you hit the books with your own family and community.
The Legal Marriage Alliance of Washington (LMA) was created in October 1995 to advocate for legal marriages for same-sex couples in the express of Washington. We have been very much involved in the history of the marriage equality.
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http://samesexmarriage.typepad.com/weblog/2007/10/sign-the-petiti.html
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