There is a marriage equality bill that is pretty much certain to be passed in the Washington state legislature and will be signed into law by their governor, making it the seventh state in the country to allow gays to get married.
Today state senator Mary Margaret Haugen (D), announced she would vote for the bill, giving it just enough votes to pass in the Senate. It already has enough votes in the House and Governor Chris Gregoire already pledged to sign it into law. Haugen said in her statement, that she took so long to decide because she had “to reconcile my religious beliefs with my beliefs as an American, as a legislator, and as a wife and mother who cannot deny to others the joys and benefits I enjoy.”
[Image of a gay marriage celebration in Washington D.C. via Getty]