SGN February 9, 2018 - Section 1

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Celebrating 44 Years! Issue 6 Volume 46

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Michael Feinstein on old friends, timeless music and building bridges SEC 2 PG 1

Pacific Northwest Ballet presents spectacular Swan Lake SEC 2 PG 1

Seattle Gay News S E AT T L E ’ S L G B T Q N E W S & E N T E R TA I N M E N T W E E K LY

Mayor Durkan and City Attorney Holmes announce that City of Seattle will move to vacate misdemeanor marijuana cases

California court rules for anti-Gay baker

MIreya (l) and Eileen (r) Rodriguez-Del Rio present a sample of one of the Facebook comments they received in response to their case against Tasties Bakery in Bakersfield, CA. – Photo by Henry A. Barrios / The Californian

Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes (l) looks on as Mayor Jenny Durkan announces on Thursday the city’s intention to vacate misdemeanor marijuana possession convictions. – Photo by Elaine Thompson / AP

see MARIJUANA page 4

Seattle stands united

by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer A California trial court ruled on February 6 that a cake shop in Bakersfield can

legally refuse to make cakes for same-sex weddings. Kern County Superior Court Judge David Lampe said that baker Cathy Miller

see ANTI-GAY BAKER page 11

Jayapal, Nadler lead House Judiciary Democrats in calling for emergency hearings after administration officials reveal hacked U.S. voter rolls in 2016 Democratic members call for hearings to investigate threat to U.S. voting infrastructure in order to secure future elections and protect the vote

Mayor Jenny Durkan – Photo courtesy of Nate Gowdy

by Jenny Durkan Mayor of Seattle and Lorena González Seattle City Councilmember This past weekend, the City of Seattle, in partnership with dozens of communitybased organizations and coalitions, hosted Seattle United for Immigrants and Refugees Mega-Workshop where 491 legal

Seattle City Councilmember M. Lorena González – Photo courtesy of M. Lorena González

permanent residents received citizenship assistance and 535 people received immigration legal consultations. The event brought together 800 volunteers to provide a meaningful service for many of our neighbors pursuing their American Dream. The efforts and outcomes that went into Saturday’s mega-workshop are Seattle values in action as a welcoming, inclusive,

see UNITED page 5

U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal and U.S. Rep. Nadler – Photo by Getty

see HEARINGS page 12


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