Even though Washington voters decided to retain a domestic partnership law, questions on the matter remain.
Larry Stickney, campaign manager for Protect Marriage Washington, headed the campaign to reject the law passed by the legislature. Even though they were defeated, Stickney believes people ought to look at the big picture. "They had claimed...over 70 percent public support for this marriage equality bill, full domestic partnerships," reports Stickney -- but that number differs from the election tally, which shows only 52 percent support. Stickney explains that votes to repeal had the majority in all but about ten counties, but the pro-homosexual vote in the Seattle area is what led to the defeat. The campaign manager is also pursuing a Supreme Court case to try to keep confidential the personal information of those who signed the petition to get the issue on the ballot. "We're hoping we prevail there and that that would set precedent, of course, for the rest of the country," notes Stickney. He hopes that from that "this incredible harassment people have come under in the state of Washington and in California and in other places where we've dared to take on the homosexual lobby" would cease. Stickney prays that voters will gain success and says it will "help return some of the political spectrum at least to [the] civil discourse...that we once enjoyed so much here in America."
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