Sen. Ed Murray, D-Seattle, center left, and Rep. Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, hug inside Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown’s office at the Capitol before floor debate on the Senate’s same-sex marriage bill. The legislation passed by a 28-21 margin, three votes more than needed.
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Read Seattle Times staff reporter Andrew Garber’s story, Historic Senate vote clears way for gay marriage in state and Lornet Turnbull’s article “Little outcry over plan to shift domestic partners into marriage.”
The crowd reacts after the same-sex marriage legislation vote passed the Senate in Olympia, Wash. Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012.
Sen. Ed Murray, left, and his longtime partner Michael Shiosaki wave on the Senate floor in Olympia, Wash. Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 after the Senate floor debate on same-sex marriage legislation finished.
George Scarola watches the Senate debate on same-sex marriage legislation at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012.
Sen. Ed Murray, right, and his longtime partner Michael Shiosaki, left, talk in the wings of the Senate in Olympia, Wash. Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 before the Senate floor debate on same-sex marriage legislation.
Michael Shiosaki, from left, Rep. Laurie Jinkins, and Rep. Jamie Pedersen, right, talk in the wings of the Senate during the Senate debate on same-sex marriage legislation in Olympia, Wash. Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012.
Marian Ericks, second from right, and others listen in the Senate wing to the Senate floor debate on same-sex marriage legislation in Olympia, Wash. Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012.
Jeanne Kohl-Welles, left, talks with Rep. Jamie Pedersen and Rep. Laurie Jinkins in the Senate wings during the Senate floor debate on same-sex marriage legislation in Olympia, Wash. Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012.
Judy Murray hugs her brother Sen. Ed Murray before the Senate debate on same-sex marriage legislation in Olympia, Wash. Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012.
Sen. Ed Murray, left, and his longtime partner Michael Shiosaki wave on the Senate floor in Olympia, Wash. Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 after the Senate floor debate on same-sex marriage legislation.
Sen. Ed Murray, left front, smiles on the Senate floor while his longtime partner Michael Shiosaki, left, Rep. Jamie Pedersen and Gov. Chris Gregoire watch as same-sex marriage vote passed the Senate in Olympia, Wash. Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012.
