Consensus for Marriage Vote in DC

Chuck Donovan / February 10, 2010

Last week the District of Columbia’s Board of Elections and Ethics (BOEE) rejected, for the third time, a request by five D.C. citizens to put the issue of same-sex marriage to a popular vote.

If the Board’s decision is upheld by the D.C. Superior Court and appeals fail, only the U.S. Congress will be able to ensure that a vote occurs before the same-sex marriage law approved by the D.C. Council takes effect early next month. Advocates of the traditional definition of marriage, represented by the public interest law firm Alliance Defense Fund, immediately filed an appeal of the BOEE ruling last Friday, and they are seeking an expedited ruling on the public’s right to vote under the D.C. Charter. (more…)