Seattle Voters Reject Repeal of Domestic Partnership Ordinance
In an early victory for lesbian and gay rights at the polls, Seattle voters rejected a referendum on this day that would have repealed a new city ordinance legalizing domestic partnerships.
On November 6, 2012, Washington State voters approved same-sex marriage.
On June 26, 2015, in Obergefell v. Hudson, the Supreme Court declared that same-sex marriage was constitutional in the entire United States under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Follow a timeline on same sex marriage in the U.S.: http://www.freedomtomarry.org/pages/history-and-timeline-of-marriage
Read: Frederick Hertz and Emily Doskow, Make it Legal: Same-Sex Marriage, Domestic Partnerships, and Civil Unions (2018)
Learn more about domestic partnerships and dependents from the Human Rights Campaign