Q — Do You Support Domestic Partnership Bill?

Issue: Same-sex rights pass: Washington Senate OKs domestic partnership bill; House approval likely /Richard Roesler, Spokesman-Review

Pro (Sen. Ed Murray, D-Seattle) : “Justice demands that we take a small step on a longer journey to end that hurt,” he said. That longer journey, he said, is the right for gays and lesbians to marry – something that this bill doesn’t do.

Con (Sen. Val Stevens, R-Arlington): “We have watched this incremental movement as it has slowly eroded the sanctity of marriage,” said Sen. Val Stevens, R-Arlington. She said the Senate is “acquiescing to gay rights” and “giving away the building blocks of society” one at a time.

Question: Did the Washington Senate do the right thing?