
CONTACTAbout UsCAREER OPPORTUNITIESADVERTISE WITH USPRIVACY POLICYPRIVACY PREFERENCESTERMS OF USELEGAL NOTICE
© 2025 Equal Entertainment LLC.
All Rights reserved
All Rights reserved
By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Private Policy and Terms of Use.
The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing whether the names of those who signed a petition to roll back gay rights in Washington State can be released. The decision is expected Thursday or Monday.
The case involves R-71, a 2009 ballot initiative that could have rescinded expanded domestic-partnership rights in Washington. Voters narrowly decided to keep the new rights, which had been approved by the state legislature, but there is still a push to make public the 138,000 names of those who endorsed putting the issue before voters. The case bounced between courts before landing in the Supreme Court.
David Ammons, spokesman for Secretary of State Sam Reed, told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that the court now has 11 cases left to decide this term. Thursday and June 28 are the next days scheduled for release of rulings, and it's likely the R-71 opinion will be issued one of those days, Ammons said.
"It's possible, but not likely, that the case could be pushed off to the next term," Ammons told the newspaper in an e-mail.
From our Sponsors
Most Popular
31 Period Films of Lesbians and Bi Women in Love That Will Take You Back
December 09 2024 1:00 PM
18 of the most batsh*t things N.C. Republican governor candidate Mark Robinson has said
October 30 2024 11:06 AM
True
These 15 major companies caved to the far right and stopped DEI programs
January 24 2025 1:11 PM
True
Latest Stories
Activists stack coffins in front of State Department to protest PEPFAR cuts (in photos)
April 17 2025 3:22 PM
JD Vance wants the UK to repeal its LGBTQ+ hate speech laws to secure a trade deal
April 17 2025 12:37 PM
Chicago Teachers Union ratifies groundbreaking contract cementing LGBTQ+ protections
April 17 2025 7:00 AM
Mahmoud v. Taylor: Everything to know about the Supreme Court case to ban LGBTQ+ books
April 17 2025 6:30 AM
Top 15 safest U.S. cities for LGBTQ+ travel
April 17 2025 6:02 AM
Federal government to remove gender dysphoria from protected disabilities list
April 16 2025 7:29 PM