SSB 6239 -
By Senator Padden
ADOPTED 02/01/2012
On page 3, after line 5, insert the following:
"(5) No state agency or local government may base a decision to
penalize, withhold benefits from, license, or refuse to contract with
any religious organization based on the opposition to or refusal to
provide accommodations, facilities, advantages, privileges, service, or
goods related to the solemnization or celebration of a marriage."
EFFECT: Provides protection to religious organizations from adverse governmental action for refusing to provide accommodations, facilities, advantages, privileges, service, or goods related to the solemnization or celebration of a marriage.