Friday, April 6, 2012

Catholic Church Deploying Parishioners To Help Repeal Washington Gay Marriage

The Archdiocese of Seattle is deploying parishioners and using Church funds and resources to help collect 120,000 signatures that will put Washington State’s same-sex marriage law on November’s ballot, essentially repealing it. Governor Christine Gregoire signed Washington’s marriage equality bill into law earlier this year, but opponents are waging war against the measure, and will likely force residents to vote on the law in November.

“The two bishops of the Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle, in a letter to the faithful, say they will deploy parishes to collect signatures for Referendum 74, a measure for the November ballot designed to roll back same-sex marriage in Washington,”

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