DC Commissioner Wants Public to Vote (Against) Gay Marriage

In other news related to allowing same-sex couples to marry, an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner in Washington, D.C., Ward 5 has sent a proposed resolution to each of the city’s 236 commissioners calling for a D.C. ballot initiative next year to decide whether same-sex marriage should be legalized or banned in the nation’s capitol. Commissioner Robert King of ANC 5A in Ward 5 said he strongly favors such a ballot initiative and is hopeful that a solid majority of ANC commissioners will sign on to his resolution. “The definition of marriage is too serious and too important an issue to leave in the hands of the politicians without consulting the will of the people,” King wrote in an Aug. 4 letter to his fellow ANC commissioners. Full Story from The Southern Voice

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