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Executive Office
Ron Sims, King County Executive 701 Fifth Ave. Suite 3210 Seattle, WA 98104 Phone: 206-296-4040 Fax: 206-296-0194 TTY Relay: 711
Image: King County Exeutive Ron Sims, News Release

July 26, 2006

Photos from Executive Sims press conference following the Washington Supreme Court ruling upholding the Defense of Marriage Act

Speakers, plaintiffs and their families at a news conference after the State Supreme Court upheld the state's Defense of Marriage Act which prohibits marriage of gay and lesbian couples. Speakers included King County Executive Ron Sims, Northwest Women’s Law Center Executive Director Lisa Stone, ACLU Attorney Roger Leishman, Brenda Bauer, Plaintiff in ACLU lawsuit, Lambda Legal Attorney Jamie Pedersen, Beth Reis, Plaintiff for Northwest Women’s Law Center and King
County Employee and partner Barbara Steele, Representative Ed Murray, Representative Joe McDermott.

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Speakers, plaintiffs and their families at a news conference after the State Supreme Court upheld the state's Defense of Marriage Act which prohibits marriage of gay and lesbian couples. Speakers, plaintiffs and their families at a news conference after the State Supreme Court upheld the state's Defense of Marriage Act which prohibits marriage of gay and lesbian couples.
Speakers, plaintiffs and their families at a news conference after the State Supreme Court upheld the state's Defense of Marriage Act which prohibits marriage of gay and lesbian couples. Executive Sims applauds plaintiffs and their families at a news conference reacting to the State Supreme Court decision denying gays and lesbians the right to marry their partners.
Executive Sims applauds plaintiffs and their families at a news conference reacting to the State Supreme Court decision denying gays and lesbians the right to marry their partners. Executive Sims applauds plaintiffs and their families at a news conference reacting to the State Supreme Court decision denying gays and lesbians the right to marry their partners.
Executive Sims applauds plaintiffs and their families at a news conference reacting to the State Supreme Court decision denying gays and lesbians the right to marry their partners. Executive Sims applauds plaintiffs and their families at a news conference reacting to the State Supreme Court decision denying gays and lesbians the right to marry their partners.
Executive Sims applauds plaintiffs and their families at a news conference reacting to the State Supreme Court decision denying gays and lesbians the right to marry their partners. Executive Sims applauds plaintiffs and their families at a news conference reacting to the State Supreme Court decision denying gays and lesbians the right to marry their partners.
Executive Sims applauds plaintiffs and their families at a news conference reacting to the State Supreme Court decision denying gays and lesbians the right to marry their partners. Executive Sims applauds plaintiffs and their families at a news conference reacting to the State Supreme Court decision denying gays and lesbians the right to marry their partners.
Speakers, plaintiffs and their families at a news conference after the State Supreme Court upheld the state's Defense of Marriage Act which prohibits marriage of gay and lesbian couples.  

 

 

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  Updated: July 26, 2006