Quoting from this site:

First introduced in the 1970s, the measure adds “sexual orientation” to a state law that bans discrimination in housing, employment and insurance, making Washington the 17th state passing a law covering gays and lesbians. It is the seventh to protect transgender people.

Sounds wonderful, but then there’s this:

Sen. Dan Swecker, R-Rochester, who voted against the bill, said it would “trample unrelentingly” on religious viewpoints that object to gays.

“We, the state, are telling people to accept, actually to embrace, something that goes against their religious views,” he said.

Will you people give it up?