On August 3, 2007, several couples who are members of Congregation Tikvah Chadashah, Puget Sound’s Gay and Lesbian havurah, traveled to Olympia to register as domestic partners under newly passed legislation in the State of Washington. The new registrants are Flora Ostrow and Betsy Gilbert (25 years together), Barbara Stein and Karen Borell (25 years together), Norm Schwab and Joe Burks (16 years together), Roy Hamrick and Stephen Carstens (11 years together) and Mark Kestin and Will Mason (10 years together).
Congregation Tikvah Chadashah
