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Gay Marriage

It's Not Referendum 73 Anymore—Now It's Referendum 74

by Dominic Holden • Feb 14, 2012 at 11:33 am

Explains the Washington Secretary of State's Office:

R-74 is the new number for Washington’s gay marriage referendum filed by opponents of the new marriage law signed by the governor on Monday. It turns out that R-73 [as the state mis-numbered it yesterday] was assigned last spring to a campaign challenging last year’s medical marijuana law; nothing came of that effort.

So... yes. Approve Referendum 74 and all that.

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