Singer Vicci Martinez is calling on
Washington state voters to uphold a gay marriage law approved by
lawmakers.
The 27-year-old Martinez made her plea
in a 30-second video for Washington United for Marriage, the
coalition of groups working to approve Referendum 74 on November 6.
In the video, Martinez said she
supports passage of Referendum 74 because “I believe that everybody
deserves equal rights and everybody should be able to marry whoever
they want.”
“Love is love and it doesn't matter
what gender we are,” she added. (The video is embedded on this
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Martinez, a Tacoma native, came to
national attention as one of four openly gay contestants on the first
season of NBC's talent contest The Voice. She came in third
overall, and went on to sign with Universal Group. A fifth
contestant, 33-year-old Frenchie Davis, has
since also come out gay, saying she previously identified as
bisexual.