Signed Governor Christine Gregory Washington bill makes Washington the seventh U.S. state legalize same-sex marriage but opponents have vowed to try to prevent the entry into force of the law.
Gregory and signed - a Catholic belongs to the Democratic Party - the project amid raucous applause at a ceremony in the reception building, the official celebrations in the state capital, Olympia on Monday.
This is the latest victory for the gay rights movement in the United States. And approved six states other U.S. gay marriage is already a New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Vermont and New Hampshire and Iowa as well as the District of Columbia.
The project remains - who won the approval of state legislators on Wednesday - hanging substantially until early June, at least in the period following the entry into force of traditional laws continue until 90 days after the end of the session of the legislature of the state.
Opponents of the law and pledged to seek to overturn through a vote in November could lead to further delay the entry into force or stop it completely. It is possible that the case also appear in the policies of the Republican state in presidential elections in the United States.
However, the signing of the bill represents a major victory last defenders of gay rights after he announced that a federal appeals court last week, not a constitutional ban on gay marriage approved by voters in the state of California and the consent of the Senate in the state of New Jersey, a bill gay marriage earlier in the day Monday.
And shape of the Democrats who control both houses of the legislature in Olympia in support of the lion's share of the bill.
And supported a few major companies based in the Washington-based and employs tens of thousands of workers in the state bill. Among the companies Microsoft, Amazon and Starbucks.
Claims and the bishops of Catholic and conservative religious opponents of the law of others.
Source: Reuters
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