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An emotional Thanksgiving scene with daughters, a speech three months in the writing, and a warning call to Catholic Archbishop J. Peter Sartain — such were happenings during Gov. Chris Gregoire’s “personal journey” to support same-sex marriage.

“I feel better than I have in seven years,” Gregoire said in an interview set for broadcast Friday night on KCTS Connects.

The governor feels the state will enact marriage equality if it appears on the ballot, even though the measure stalls when lawmakers meet in Olympia. “The voters are ahead of the Legislature,” Gregoire said.