Readers who vote in Washington: Remember that a vote FOR Referendum 71 is a vote to APPROVE legislation broadening the scope of protection afforded registered domestic partners.
These increased protections include hospital visitation; inheritance; inadmissibility of testimony by one partner against the other; and the applicability of community property rules, property transfer rules, and dissolution procedures. Washington already recognizes domestic partnerships -- the 2009 legislation and Referendum 71 simply broaden their scope to give domestic partners the same security and legal protections that married people take for granted .
Support for Referendum 71 should be a no-brainer. The amendments to the domestic partnership statute are all about treating people fairly. The legislation is sound public policy. It is emblematic of the basic humanity and decency of the people of Washington.
Vote for fairness. Vote FOR Referendum 71.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Referendum 71
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3 comments:
Referendum SEVENTY-ONE? How many referendums are there? And where are your positions on all the others? ;)
The other 70 are crap. :-)
In Washington, we number referenda consecutively, starting back in the mists of early history. The same with initiatives. We passed Initiative 1000 last November. They are numbered as they are filed -- most filed initiatives don't get enough signatures to reach the ballot.
I think most states, like California, start the numbering all over again for each election.
I didn't mean to correct your "referendums" with my "referenda"! They're equally correct.
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