Same gender marriage: Auditor expects business as usual after Ref. 74

Whitman County Auditor Eunice Coker said she expects “business as usual” as the new law allowing same sex marriages becomes the law of the state today, Dec. 6.

Referendum 74 was approved by Washington voters in the November general election. At a news conference Monday morning in the county commissioners’ chambers, Coker said she prefers the term “same gender” instead of “same sex.”

In Whitman County, Referendum 74 received a 50.56 approval rate, 8,485 to 8,300 in the last election county. The measure was under the 50 percent mark in the election night count.

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