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Washington: Sixty-three priests support marriage equality

A group of 63 priests with more than 800 combined years of service to the church are coming out in support of marriage equality on Thursday, the Seattle PI reports:

“We are uneasy with the aggressive efforts of Catholic bishops to oppose R-74 and want to support the 71 percent of Catholics (Public Religion Research Institute) who support civil marriage for gays as a valid Catholic position,” they said in a statement.

Former priest Pat Callahan, who organized the statement, added:  “This is the first public action we’ve taken.”  Callahan was in the Catholic priesthood for 15 years.

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Washington state marriage equality foes “buying” Likes for Facebook page

According to Pam’s House Blend, the anti-gay forces opposing marriage equality in Washington state are “buying” Likes for their Facebook page in an effort appear more “popular.”

See the screen capture below (click the pic to enlarge):

Before the buying spree began, the page had only about 6,000 likes. It’s hard to imagine the purpose of buying empty likes, except to perhaps generate a false sense of strength among local supporters.
 
Preserve Marriage Washington is the group trying to kill Washington state’s freedom to marry law. To keep the law on the books, Washingtonians must vote “Approved” on Referendum 74 this Nov. 6th.

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Washington: Marriage equality support grows to 15 point lead

More good news from Washington state’s campaign for marriage equality:

Washington voters appear poised to enact changes in social policy, legalizing same-sex marriage and possession of marijuana, that will be noticed across the country, according to a new SurveyUSA poll for KING/5 News. The poll found Referendum 74, which would make Washington the seventh state to enact marriage equality, leading by a 55-40 percent margin with just 6 percent undecided. No state in America has ever voted in favor of same-sex marriage. The issue is also on the ballot in Maryland and Maine.


Republican Washington State Rep. Maureen Walsh appears in the newest ad for Washington United for Marriage.

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Anti-gay group in Washington state buys “likes” on Facebook

A group trying to kill marriage equality in Washington State is participating in some nefarious promotion, according to Pam’s House Blend.

Preserve Marriage Washington had about 6,000 “likes” on its Facebook page before it purchased thousands of additional likes from Thailand, according to the site.

“It’s hard to imagine the purpose of buying empty likes, except to perhaps generate a false sense of strength among local supporters,” blogger Laurel Ramseye writes.

That’s kind of sad – you have to buy LIKES to make people think your position is popular.

How about you just admit folks don’t like your hate?

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Poll: 60 percent of Latinos support marriage equality

A new NBC Latino/IBOPE Zogby survey reveals that a solid majority of Latinos support marriage equality:

“Thirty eight percent said they disagree and 31 percent said they did so strongly…The statistics don’t mean there is complete acceptance of gays by Latinos, however. When it came to the biggest disappointment a parent would feel regarding their children, 43 percent said it would be if their child became a drug addict. Going to prison was the biggest disappointment for 33 percent of those surveyed. But 10 percent said having a gay child would be their biggest issue, while only 5 percent said a teen pregnancy would be their greatest disappointment.”

(via zack ford)