Posts Tagged ‘same-sex marriage’
Fenty To Sign Same-Sex Marriage Bill Today
‘well-dressed mayor’
courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
Mayor Fenty is scheduled to sign the same-sex marriage bill approved by the DC council at All Souls Unitarian Church in a public ceremony today.
Why sign the bill in a church? All Souls’ senior pastor Rev. Robert Hardies told the Washington Post that Fenty’s decision to sign this historic bill in a [...]
Election board to discuss anti-gay marriage ballot initiative
‘Capital Pride Parade’
courtesy of ’spiggycat’
Friday’s DC Register has an announcement about a scheduled public hearing by the Board of Elections and Ethics. On October 26th they’ll meet and listen to input on a proposed initiative, “Marriage Initiative of 2009.” It’s the usual anti-gay marriage boilerplate: an effort to put in the DC code the text [...]
No gay marriage referendum
‘Buchanan’s Boyfriend’
courtesy of ‘M.V. Jantzen’
The D.C. Superior Court has ruled that the Elections & Ethics board acted correctly when it refused to allow a referendum on D.C.’s recognition of same-sex marriages performed in other states[pdf].
It was just over two weeks ago that the DCBOEE announced that the efforts to put forth a referendum on the [...]
