Last night some great people and I went to a Third Eye Blind concert. While listening to their extended greatest hits (every song) on the way back via the best invention since the internet, the iTrip iPod combination, I realized how I’d forgotten the most glorious three word pairing Jenkins has ever proclaimed musically:
“Young gay Republicans.”
It makes me smile. Yes they do exist.
In Washington today there is a referendum, R-71, that is up to a vote. If passed it will grant privileges to domestic partners, both gay and lesbian couples as well as elderly heterosexual couples, that have previously been reserved for married couples. These rights and protections include permissible domestic partner hospitalization visits, should one person become ill, and access to hospitalization care for children of domestic partners, should a biological parent not be present in an emergency.
A video series on the ACLU’s website shows 7 reasons why R-71 should be passed to protect domestic partnerships – all can be found on Youtube. Here are two stories.
If you live in Washington, please vote to pass R-71 today. The 6265* domestic partners, young, gay, republicans or democrats… will thank you for it.
* http://www.secstate.wa.gov/corps/domesticpartnerships/
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