D.C. Council legalizes gay marriage
By Peter Elliott | Contributing Editor of Everyday Christian
Posted 4:41 pm on December 15, 2009
Gay marriage has been legalized in Washington, D.C.
Today the D.C. Council passed a measure which had been building political steam for months to allow gays and lesbians to legally marry.
The bill passed by an 11-2 vote.
It was sponsored by David Catania, an openly gay member of the council.
One of the two dissenters was former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry.
After recent setbacks in New Jersey, New York and Maine, D.C. becomes the sixth U.S. jurisdiction to sanction gay marriage, joining Iowa, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts.
Opposition leaders, including Bishop Harry Jackson of Beltsville, Md., and the National Organization for Marriage, which has been a major national funding source for traditional marriage advocates both vowed to fight the measure in the courts and in its required Congressional approval.
Tags: District of Columbia, gay marriage
Peter Elliott is a veteran news and sports journalist. He enjoys interviewing others about how God works in their lives and sharing that with readers. He is also a lifelong, long-suffering Chicago Cubs fan. He resides in Indianapolis with his wife and three sons.
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