Washington state republican makes a case in favor of marriage equality

I have to admit I choked up slightly too when I watched this lady speak. (She’s a republican, by the way, from Walla Walla). On Monday February 18, 2012, Washington will become the latest state to legalize same-sex marriages (not domestic partnerships, but actual marriage). And this is coming on the back of news that the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (just below the Supreme court in the hierarchy) ruled the ban on same-sex marriages in California to be unconstitutional on February 7, 2012. Meanwhile, here in the UK, the Tory prime minister and many other prominent Tories seem to be in favor of legalizing same-sex marriages also (although they are facing some dissent from the conservative base).