Washington Gay Marriage: Ellen DeGeneres, Other LGBT Rights Advocates Praise Bill Signing On Twitter

Although it won't take effect until June 7, Washington state's new marriage equality legislation already received heaps of praise from lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights advocates nationwide, including Ellen DeGeneres.

"Washington is now the 7th state to legalize gay marriage," tweeted DeGeneres. "Change is a powerful thing."

Take a look at some other inspiring tweets that followed the historic ruling below:

Comments

[oakspondman]

06:03 AM on 02/15/2012

Glad to see another state come into the 21st century. Its a wonderful feeling when you finally get your equal rights. I hope that all LGBT get to know that special feeling.

[billy goat]

04:20 PM on 02/14/2012

Amazing, fantastic, wonderful! Great courage!

[Ihtfpaeoh]

10:48 PM on 02/13/2012

I'm proud to live in Washington state. Thank you Governor Gregoire!

[spatel90]

09:40 PM on 02/13/2012

Small mighty step. Meanwhile we have haters who list "Ellen Degeneres" as a category on a Jeopardy board in a Federal Air Marshal Office in Orlando to ridicule gays and lesbians. How much progress have we made in DC? really?

[Ioan Lightoller]

06:22 PM on 02/13/2012

I think signing the marriage equality bill into law is great. Now let's hope the haters will give it a rest since a duly elected legislature passed it and a duly-elected governor signed it.

[Lauren Kottwitz]

08:54 PM on 02/13/2012

They won't. We'll have to vote. And hopefully the entire east side of the state will just stay home and we'll shove the referendum to repeal down their throats.

[Ioan Lightoller]

09:15 PM on 02/13/2012

That would be lovely to see.

[Rogue Linguist]

10:30 PM on 02/13/2012

Fortunately, the majority of Washingtonians are crammed along the much more liberal coast.

[theogsters]

10:56 AM on 02/14/2012

We agree, but it's unlikely. There's a lot of hatred out there, particularly on the east side of the Cascades.
From a proud, married, straight, agnostic man.

[Jeffrey Marks]

05:52 PM on 02/13/2012

Sadly, the one "advocate" we won't hear from is President Obama.

[The Greatest Days]

07:43 PM on 02/13/2012

Oh yes, the evolver. What a shame.

[Zork4]

09:54 PM on 02/13/2012

He is at least, not obstructing. My guess is that his evolution will be complete after he wins his second term, in the meantime he has been pretty good on many issues.

[Rogue Linguist]

10:31 PM on 02/13/2012

Good point. He might come around if his second term is assured, and he's done a lot for gay people anyway.

[Jeffrey Marks]

04:44 PM on 02/14/2012

I'm using his word that he's an advocate..I'm only judging what he's said.