Washington OKs broader domestic partner benefits
Sponsors sometimes call it “everything but marriage.” The Washington Legislature has voted to extend to state-registered domestic partners the full list of benefits and responsibilities that straight couples get when they marry. The state House passed the measure as approved by the Senate earlier. Governor Gregoire has said she will sign it soon. The Legislature created a domestic partnership registry in the Corporations Division of the Office of Secretary of State in 2007 for same-sex partners or opposite-sex partners where one…