
Good Good! Unfortunately California taught us public referendums will not work. The public seems to want to choke the freedom out of us! This is a great victory the courts have spoken, you have no right to put Gay rights as a matter of public referendums. We have a right to have a right to marry as we like, and it will not be decided by the people! It will be decided by the courts and I hope the courts will see the injustice that is being done to us, how can you legally bind people based on biblical values congrats!
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A D.C. Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that same-sex marriage opponents do not have a right to hold a public referendum on whether those marriages should be legal in the District.
The ruling, a major victory for gay rights activists, makes it more likely that the District will start allowing same-sex couples to marry in March.
The D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics has twice ruled that a referendum or initiative on same-sex marriage would violate a city law prohibiting a public vote on a matter covered by the Human Rights Act, which outlaws discrimination against gay men and lesbians and other minority groups.
But Bishop Harry Jackson, pastor of Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, appealed that ruling in superior court. Last week, 39 GOP congressmen filed a brief in support of Jackson’s appeal, arguing that the elections board overstepped its authority in denying a public vote on whether marriage should be defined as a being between a man and a woman. Read more…..