In a written statement issued at the end of a Senate committee hearing on the bill, Senator Haugen (D-Camano) said she took her time making up her mind to “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.”
“This is the right vote and it is the vote I will cast when this measure comes to the floor,” She said.
Washington will now become the 7th state to legalize Gay Marriage in the United States.
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