Seattle To Recognize Gay Marriages
They're not going to give marriage licenses out but they will recognize those granted in other place. This is the next logical step in the process of 'legitamizing' these marriages, but what will happen to these laws if, for example, the state of California invalidates all those licenses?
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Seattle mayor Greg Nichels will sign an executive order today giving benefits to the married spouses of city employees and he will propose a council motion to protect the rights of all Seattle same-sex married couples no matter where they were married.
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The mayor also said he wished he could follow the lead of San Francisco, Portland, and New Paltz, New York by allowing same-sex marriages in Washington's biggest city, but the state has a so-called defense of marriage act.
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