Olympia, WA – April 13, 2009 – The Washington Values Alliance received word late this afternoon that House Majority Leader Frank Chopp (D-Seattle) has pulled the Homosexual “Marriage” Equality Bill (Senate Bill 5688) to the House Floor.
A vote of the full House is imminent and may come as early as tomorrow (Tuesday, April 14) when the House returns to the floor at 1:30pm; and will likely come no later than 5:00 pm, April 17, which is the last day to consider opposite house bills.
If the bill is passed and accepted by both houses, it will be signed by the respective leaders and sent to Governor Christine Gregoire.
The Governor has 5 days, excluding Sundays, to take action on any bill passed by the Legislature, provided adjournment does not occur within those 5 days, in which case the Governor has 20 days to take action, excluding Sundays. April 26, 2009 is the last day allowed the year for regular session under the state constitution.
The Governor has the authority to sign a bill into law or veto all or part of it. If the Governor fails to act on a bill, it may become law without her signature.
The Washington Values Alliance is encouraging citizens all across the state to:
1) Immediately contact their State Representatives (see below) and tell them to VOTE NO on SB 5688!
2) Immediately contact Governor Christine Gregoire and tell her to oppose SB 5688 and VETO if passed by the Legislature!
*IF YOU HAVE ALREADY CALLED AND E-MAILED, NOW IS A GREAT TIME TIME TO DO IT AGAIN!!!!
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HOW IS YOUR LEGISLATOR VOTING ON MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS?
Use this site to find your local legislator: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Default.aspx
1st District
Represents portions of northeast King County and south Snohomish County,
including areas of Bothell, Woodinville, Mountlake Terrace, and Brier.
Al O’Brien (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Mark Ericks (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
2nd District
Represents Pierce County, including McKenna, Rainier, Roy, Ft. Lewis,
Spanaway, Orting, Graham, Yelm, and the City of Eatonville.
Jim McCune (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Tom Campbell (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
3rd District
Represents the heartland of the downtown Spokane area,
extending to the North Side and South Hill.
Alex Wood (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Timm Ormsby (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
4th District
Represents part of Spokane County.
Larry Crouse (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Matt Shea (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
5th District
Represents East King County, including North Bend, Snoqualmie,
Issaquah, and portions of unincorporated King County.
Glenn Anderson (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Jay Rodne (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
6th District
Represents a crescent shaped district around the North, West, and Southern parts of the City of Spokane, a small portion of the City of Spokane Valley, and sizeable portions of North and Southwestern Spokane County (including Airway Heights, Colbert, Chattaroy, and southern Deer Park).
Kevin Parker (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
John Driscoll (D) DRISCOLL OFFICE UNSURE OF POSITION AS OF APRIL 1
7th District
Represents Pend Oreille, Stevens, Ferry, Lincoln
and parts of Okanogan and Spokane Counties.
Shelly Short (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Joel Kretz (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
8th District
Represents most of Benton County, including Richland and Kennewick.
Brad Klippert (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Larry Haler (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
9th District
Represents the counties of Adams, Asotin, Garfield
and Whitman and parts of Franklin and Spokane.
Don Cox (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Joe Schmick (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
10th District
Represents all of Island County and portions of Skagit and Snohomish counties, including the cities of La Conner, Oak Harbor, and Stanwood.
Norma Smith (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Barbara Bailey (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
11th District
Represents parts of South Seattle, Burien, Sea-Tac, Tukwila and the southern part of Renton.
Zack Hudgins (D)SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Bob Hasegawa (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
12th District
Represents Chelan and Douglas Counties and parts of Grant and Okanogan Counties.
Cary Condotta (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Mike Armstrong (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
13th District
Represents most of Grant, all of Kittitas and part of Yakima Counties.
Judy Warnick (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Bill Hinkle (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
14th District
Represents parts of Yakima County.
Norm Johnson (R) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Charles Ross (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
15th District
Represents all of Klickitat County and parts of Yakima, Skamania and Clark counties.
Bruce Chandler (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
David Taylor (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
16th District
Represents parts of Benton and Franklin counties,
and all of Columbia and Walla Walla counties.
Maureen Walsh (R) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Laura Grant-Herriot (D) ????? UNABLE TO CONNECT WITH REP. GRANT-HERRIOT’S OFFICE
17th District
Represents a portion of Clark County.
Tim Probst (D) ???? UNABLE TO CONNECT WITH REP. PROBST’S OFFICE
Deb Wallace (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
18th District
Represents parts of Clark and Cowlitz counties.
Jaime Herrera (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Ed Orcutt (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
19th District
Represents Pacific, Wahkiakum, and parts of Grays Harbor and Cowlitz counties.
Dean Takko (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Brian Blake (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
20th District
Represents all of Lewis and south Thurston Counties.
Richard DeBolt (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Gary Alexander (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
21st District
Represents Edmonds, Mukilteo and portions of Lynnwood and Mountlake Terrace.
Mary Helen Roberts (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Marko Liias (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
22nd District
Represents the northern portion of Thurston County, including all of Olympia and portions of Lacey and Tumwater, and the unincorporated communities of Johnson Point, Cooper Point, Tanglewilde, Thompson Place, and Boston Harbor.
Brendan Williams (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Sam Hunt (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
23rd District
Represents Kitsap County, including Bainbridge Island,
Silverdale, Poulsbo, Kingston, and parts of Bremerton.
Sherry Appleton (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Christine Rolfes (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
24th District
Represents Clallam, Jefferson, and part of Grays Harbor Counties.
Kevin Van De Wege (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Lynn Kessler (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
25th District
Represents Puyallup and South Hill, and parts of Midland,
Summit, Fife, Tacoma, Edgewood and Milton.
Bruce Dammeier (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Dawn Morrell (D) ??? WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM FROM REP. MORRELL’S OFFICE
26th District
Represents parts of Pierce and Kitsap Counties.
Jan Angel (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Larry Seaquist (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
27th District
Represents portions of Tacoma and Fife in Pierce County.
Dennis Flannigan(D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Jeannie Darneille (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
28th District
Represents Fircrest, University Place, Lakewood, Steilacoom, Tillicum,
and West Tacoma; Anderson, Ketron, and McNeil Islands.
Troy Kelley (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY BILL FOR HOMOSEXUALS (MAY BE WILLING TO SUPPORT FLOOR AMENDMENTS)
Tami Green (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY BILL FOR HOMOSEXUALS
29th District
Represents South Tacoma, Parkland, and portions of Lakewood and University Place.
Steve Conway (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Steve Kirby (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
30th District
Represents Federal Way, Milton, Algona and Pacific.
Mark Miloscia (D) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Skip Priest (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
31st District
Represents south King County and northeast Pierce County, including Auburn, Bonney Lake, Buckley, Edgewood, Enumclaw, Greenwater, Sumner, and Lake Tapps.
Dan Roach (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Christopher Hurst (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
32nd District
Represents Northwest King and Southwest Snohomish Counties, including Edmonds, Kenmore, Shoreline, Lake Forest Park and Woodway.
Maralyn Chase (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Ruth Kagi (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
33rd District
Represents SeaTac, Des Moines, Normandy Park, and parts of Kent, and Tukwila.
Tina Orwall (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Dave Upthegrove (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
34th District
Represents West Seattle, Burien and Vashon and Maury Islands.
Eileen Cody(D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Sharon Nelson (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
35th District
Represents Mason and portions of Grays Harbor, Kitsap, and Thurston Counties.
Kathy Haigh (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Fred Finn (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
36th District
Represents Seattle: Magnolia, Queen Anne, Phinney Ridge and parts of Ballard, Crown Hill, Denny Regrade, Fremont, Greenwood, Lake Union, Loyal Heights, Sunset Hill.
Reuven Carlyle (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Mary Lou Dickerson (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
37th District
Represents Rainier Valley, Madrona, North Beacon Hill, Rainier Beach, Mt. Baker, Leschi, Columbia City, southern Capitol Hill, Skyway and parts of Renton.
Sharon Tomiko Santos (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Eric Pettigrew (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
38th District
Represents Snohomish County including Everett, Marysville, Tulalip and the part of the Snohomish Valley west of Highway 5.
John McCoy (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Mike Sells (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
39th District
Represents the eastern portions of Whatcom, Skagit, and Snohomish counties,
and the northeast portion of King County.
Dan Kristiansen (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Kirk Pearson (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
40th District
Represents San Juan, eastern and northwestern Skagit
and southwestern Whatcom counties.
Dave Quall (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Jeff Morris (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
41st District
Represents Bellevue, Mercer Island, Newcastle, Issaquah and Renton.
Marcie Maxwell (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Judy Clibborn (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
42nd District
Represents the western half of Whatcom County.
Doug Ericksen (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Kelli Linville (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
43rd District
Represents Seattle: Capitol Hill, University District, Madison Park, Washington Park, Broadmoor, Montlake, Wallingford, Madison Valley and parts of Fremont, Laurelhurst, Ravenna, Denny Regrade and downtown Seattle.
Jamie Pedersen (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Frank Chopp (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
44th District
Represents a portion of southwest Snohomish County.
Hans Dunshee (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Mike Hope (R) OPPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
45th District
Represents Woodinville, Duvall, Carnation, and
parts of Kirkland, Redmond, and Sammamish.
Roger Goodman (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Larry Springer (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
46th District
Represents part of King County and the city of Seattle.
Scott White (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
47th District
Represents part of southeast King County
from the Renton Highlands to Kent to Black Diamond.
Geoff Simpson (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Pat Sullivan (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
48th District
Represents portions of King County: parts of Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond,
and all of Medina, Clyde Hill, Yarrow Point and Hunts Point.
Ross Hunter(D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Deborah Eddy (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
49th District
Represents parts of the City of Vancouver and Clark County.
Jim Jacks (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
Jim Moeller (D) SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS
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