DC Board of Elections rejects marriage ballot initiative... a model for America?

HRC's blog reports that there won't be a ballot initiative on marriage in DC:

Today, the D.
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Public vote on DC same-sex marriage would violate rights law, says board

A proposed ballot initiative for the District of Columbia that would have restricted civil marriage to a union of a man and a woman cannot cannot appear on the ballot, the DC Board of Elections and Ethics ruled Tuesday.
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PhoboQuotable - Mike Heath

"We need to choose life over sex. Sex is for life ... it creates life. Sex and life must be connected in our thinking.
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NOM throwing DC event pimping Bishop Harry Jackson on the program

Are they trying to attract black folks in DC with their token black preacher?  Stand4Marriage Rally in DC on Sunday! October 21, 2009  

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Marriage Equality In DC "Assured"

The Washington DC City Council is poised to introduce its marriage equality bill later this month with an "assured majority" of council members as co-sponsors.
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Wednesday This & That: Open Thread

So since it's Wednesday, here's what Bookworm Bob (my cartoon friend) and I have been reading in the webosphere this week:

• New York Times' Senate Democrats Attach Hate Crimes Law to Defense Bill:

Senate Democrats said on Monday that they would seek to broaden the federal hate crimes law to protect victims of attacks based on gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disabilities.
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D.C. Court refuses to block marriage recognition law

DC Superior Court Judge Judith Retchin cleared the path for the DC law recognizing same-sex marriages from other jurisdictions.
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The D.C. Marriage Recognition Saga

If it didn't involve our basic civil rights, I'd be greatly enjoying the unfolding drama in D.C.  Not the drama of the DNC fundraiser, but the Marriage Recognition Passion Play, starring Bigot Bishop Harry Jackson and Betrayer Mayor Marion Barry.
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Recap: DC marriage equality twists and turns

The twists and turns in our efforts to win marriage equality in Washington, D.C. have been worthy of any soap opera.
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No Marriage Referendum For DC

The Washington Blade is tweeting that that DC Board of Elections has blocked a voter referendum on marriage equality!UPDATE via HRC Backstory: Moments ago, the D.
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DC Marriage Battle: Anti-Gay Bishop Harry Jackson Scrutinized For Voter Fraud

DC outsiders crowded a meeting of the city council yesterday as the council deliberated whether putting a same-sex marriage referendum to voters violates the city's 1996 Human Rights Act, which lists eight items than can never be put to a popular vote.
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