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Bill would add sexual orientation to state's anti-discrimination law if
lawmakers approve the measure after almost 3 decades of rejecting it
By Rachel La Corte Associated Press
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Representative Ed
Murray knows better than to celebrate a lone
Republican's change of heart, even though it
could break the decades-old logjam over a meas-
ure to extend anti-discrimination protection to
gays and lesbians.
The Seattle Democrat has watched the bill
banning discrimination in jobs and housing die in
the Legislature for many years — first as a gay-
rights activist, then as a lawmaker in the state
House.
"Every year something causes a vote or two to
slip away," he said.
But if the math holds, the vote from Senator
Bill Finkbeiner, a moderate Republican from
Kirkland, is all supporters need.
Finkbeiner wasn't the only one who had a
change of heart. Microsoft Corp. has come out in
favor of the measure, a year after being
denounced for quietly dropping support for it.
This week, the company joined Boeing, FLewlett
Packard Co., Nike and other companies in a let-
ter to state leaders urging passage of the bill.
Under the bill, "sexual orientation" would be
added to a state law that already bans discrimina-
tion in housing, employment and insurance based
on race, gender, age, disability, religion, marital
status and other factors. Sixteen states have
passed similar laws. Businesses with fewer than
eight employees would be exempt.
The measure was first introduced in 1977 by
the state's openly gay lawmaker, Democrat Cal
Anderson of Seattle. FLe died of AIDS in 1995.
"The debate around this bill has a lot more to
do with a discussion about whether or not it's OK
to be gay or lesbian," Finkbeiner said. "The state
is wrong if we end up saying, 'no, it's not OK.'"
Supporters say the time for the change in law
is long overdue.
"Can you imagine that you can still get fired or
denied housing because you're gay or lesbian in
this state?" asked Fran Dunaway, executive
director of Equal Rights Washington, a group
formed to support the gay civil rights bill. "This
bill has been in the making for 30 years. It's
time."
But opponents say that the bill gives special
preference to a group they say has not proven it
suffers from discrimination.
"What the homosexual side has failed to show
is whether there is any pattern of discrimination
that they are victims of now," said the Rev.
Joseph Fuiten, a Bothell pastor who is chairman
of the Faith & Freedom Network, which opposes
the bill.
Dunaway cited a 1998 state Court of Appeals
ruling in Webb v. Puget Sound Broadcasting Co.
that rejected a gay man's challenge to his firing.
"We find it disturbing that his employer would
discharge him based on his sexual orientation
alone," the court wrote, "Nonetheless, our
Legislature, for whatever reason, has not enacted
legislation giving at-will employees a statutory
cause of action for employment discrimination
based on sexual orientation."
Murray, a protege of Anderson who has spon-
sored the gay rights bill for the last 11 years, cites
a report released by King County's Public Health
Department and other public and private organi-
zations last year that showed reports of discrimi-
nation based on sexual orientation increased 20
percent from 2001 to 2004.
"Even in the city of Seattle, a gay-friendly city,
there's statistical proof that there's discrimination
against gays and lesbians," he said.
Fuiten ties the bill to a pending decision from
the state Supreme Court on gay marriage.
"We feel it's the beginning of the end if this
passes," Fuiten said. "If you have to treat homo-
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