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"After yesterday's count, a little over 10 percent of the petitions have been processed and the error rate is 13 percent," says the Seattle Weekly, adding that to pass, "the measure needs an error rate closer to 12 percent." R-71, a referendum to "Preserve Marriage, Protect Children," by opposing the rights of gays to get married or even get legally partnered, has gotten big ups from "Bible-believing" rural churchgoers. In some ways, we're torn, because if bigots didn't try to keep marriage all to themselves, who'd marry 'em?