Business owners don’t have right to discriminate against same-sex couples
First it was the Washington florist and along the way, there were bakers and photographers. On Monday, a website designer made her case before the U.S. Supreme Court not to serve same-sex couples because she disagrees with their love. Ten years ago, Washington voters decided same-sex couples should have the same right to marry as opposite sex couples do. In fact, Tuesday was the 10th anniversary that same-sex couples could legally marry in our state. In 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed same-sex couples’ constitutional right to wed. Since those monumental steps, individuals and business owners have tried to interrupt the rights of same-sex couples under the guise of protecting their own rights to freedom of speech or religion. Continue reading at Seattle Times. (Jacquelyn Martin)
‘They have all this untapped potential’: First state library for incarcerated youth to open in January
The first state library for incarcerated youth will open at Echo Glen Children’s Center next month. Felice Upton, the assistant secretary for juvenile rehabilitation, said at any given time the state has about 450 youth at its facilities. A partnership between the Department of Children, Youth and Families, the Secretary of State’s Office, and Washington State Library, ILS is why the first state library for incarcerated youth is about to open. “We have some federal resources from the Institute of Museums and Library Services that helped us make this happen, both with materials but really primarily with the staff person,” said Sara Jones, the Washington state librarian. “We did get a really good substantial state funding in the last legislative session,” Jones added. “This investment here and the resources that we’re putting into this and hopefully the outcomes that we will see will be able to show that that kind of investment really matters.” Continue reading at KING 5. (Natalie Swaby)
Sauk-Suiattle Tribe alleges state unfairly charges online sales tax
The Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe is suing the state Department of Revenue over the collection of sales tax from tribal members’ online purchases despite a federal tax exemption. In a suit filed this week in U.S. District Court in Seattle, the tribe said it is seeking “declaratory and injunctive relief” from collection of the state’s 6.5% sales tax on online purchases. The state Department of Revenue and its acting director John Ryser are named as defendants. Online retailers began collecting sales tax from buyers according to their shipping addresses in 2018, following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling determining sellers had to collect taxes on behalf of states that impose them. But federal law has long exempted enrolled tribal members on reservations from sales taxes, with a few caveats. Continue reading at Everett Herald.
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