Everyone’s talking about Columbia City Bakery’s frosted shortbread “Equality Cookies” ($1.50 each) that are being sold to raise money in support of Referendum 71:
The staff of Columbia City Bakery believes in keeping Washingon’s Domestic Partnership Law in place, and to making sure ALL families are protected. We will donate $1.00 for every heart shaped “equality cookie” purchased between September 5th and election day. Please call at least 2 days in advance for large orders.
CCB started selling the cookies last week and they’re already a huge hit with sales even better than expected.
Columbia City Bakery is located at 4865 Rainier Avenue South in Columbia City. Photo/do communications, inc.
How do you plan to vote on Referendum 71? Why?
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Awesome and timely. Just sent our DP registration paperwork and check in today (50 gay dollars to the public coffers, naysayers).
I am voting to approve Ref 71, because it means equality and I am not self loathing.
Just saw this;
“The Domestic Partnership Law (SB 5688) was passed by the Legislature in 2009 to ensure that all Washington families are treated the same, with the same protections, the same rights and the same obligations as their neighbors. Under this law, registered domestic partners (same-sex couples and opposite-sex couples where at least one partner is over age 62), and married couples, are treated equally under state law throughout Washington.”
I absolutely support this, except for the part about opposite-sex couples where at least one partner is over age 62.
Why is age descrimination OK?
Why not have this for all couples? So I have to sit outside while my gay or older neighbor can visit their loved one in the hospital?
I’ll support it when they change that stupid language.
Social, cultural and political ignorance is pervasive, and does not extend to just gays. When illegal immigrants are granted health care under Obama’s health plan, things will start to seem more equal.
This is a good cause and hopefully more businesses and individuals will find ways to raise funds. We MUST raise money to counteract out of state donations and a repeat of what happened in California (prop 8). Ultimately what we need is full marriage equality. I was opposed to the “everything but marriage” concept simply because it does not go far enough, in my opinion, towards full equality. I plan on voting to approve the referendum and will personally donate as much money as I can to the cause.
“to ensure that all Washington families are treated the same, with the same protections, the same rights and the same obligations as their neighbors.”
That’s what got me.
Didn’t mean to sound rude, Whit.
Congrats on the official DP status!
No disrespect taken, Beachnut. Although I find it interesting that you are wanting equality for you and yours, when you can get married. I may be able to Everything BUT Married only if the kind citizens of Washington find it in their hearts.
Older adults find themselves challenged by marriage laws when finding new love late in life, which may impact the benefits of their deceased spouse.
Whitney, I thought this was the least the state could do; to recognise that if marriage wasn’t going to happen for gay couples they ought to at least acknowledge the commintment already made.
And I used to accept the fact that op-sex couples could marry if they chose to. But to include SOME couples that could marry and not others seems wrong. There are lots of under-age opposite-sex couples living in sin, and with the same commitment to mow the lawn, take out the trash, pay the mortgage, etc.
Imagine a whites-only institution that received public money coming under fire: marches, protests, lobbying. Then getting a bill signed into law allowing everyone the ability to join…except Mexicans.
Now there might be some high-fives, hugging and dancing in the streets to celebrate that victory. But it doesn’t quite get there, does it?
Wouldn’t it be nice to do it right the first time, and not say this is a small victory, and we’ll have to wait for the rest later?
I might not pay my $50 even if we did get that age down to, oh, say, 18. But it would be nice to be invited.
And a parting thought:
Couples define themselves.
Neither the church nor the state do that very well. That’s all just business. They really have no say in matters of the heart.
That is a great idea!
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