Signatures are gathering for I-26, an initiative to make the King County Executive and Council “nonpartisan.” This is a change in labeling, not a change in substance, a silly exercise in semantics, and it’s not worth doing.
"The U.S. Supreme Court has been consistent and clear that, under the Constitution's First Amendment, once government admits one religious display or viewpoint onto public property, it may not discriminate against the content of other displays, including the viewpoints of nonbelievers."
- Gov. Christine Gregoire (D) and Attorney General Rob McKenna (R) in a joint statement Wednesday on an anti-religion billboard on display at the state Capitol.