counterparts in washington voting to recognize marriage rights for same sex couples in the state of washington. if governor christine signs the law next week as expected to, washington state will become the seventh state where same-sex marriage is legal in the united states. it's also legal in the district of colombia. now anti-gay groups say they will fight it still in washington state and, of course, it's not signed. the deal is not done until it is signed, sealed and delivered. there is still more of the story to tell about the process in washington state. but, the best new thing in the world today is this raw demonstration of how changes like this always happen. this portrait from one state representative in washington of how change happens, not in groups, not for states, but person by person. life by life. this is state representative maureen walsh. she is a republican representing washington's 16th district. she came to this from a very personal place as somebody who has been married but who then lost her husband. listen.