DC: Congress Has 30 Days to Intervene on Gay Marriage Bill

Many have been counting down 30 days from the day that Mayor Fenty signed the DC gay marriage bill until Congress could no longer invalidate it Guess what? The countdown really started yesterday, January 11, 2009. According to the Washington Post, Del. Eleanor Norton announced yesterday that the countdown to legalized same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia began the same day. With everyone paying attention to the Prop 8 trials, I am wondering how many will pick this up. The good news is that Del. Norton said that she has done her homework, and that the “initial work to close the gates on overturning” the bill has been done. Regarding the bill itself, she said “this bill should not be on the Hill at all. Home rule is all or it is nothing. We can’t pick and choose when it intervene.” Full Story from GayVantage: http://www.gayvantage.com/gay-agenda/gay-marriage/real-countdown-to-dc-gay-marriage-really-started-yesterday-8573201113/

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