Take Note Cali, Reach out the African-Americans... D.C. did

The big piece of D.C. gay marriage victory was due to the outreach to Blacks in the city. By doing this, D.C. was able to push through the foolishness and get this initiative passed.

“In D.C., outreach to African-Americans wasn’t part of the campaign. It was the campaign,” said Michael Crawford, the leader of a pro-same-sex union group, D.C. For Marriage.

Crawford, who is black, said other residents weren’t ignored, but his group and others weighed the city’s racial makeup in planning their message. That made the debate here different than in other places that have considered gay marriage – places like California, where about 7 percent of residents are black, or Maine, where 1 percent are. Voters in both states struck down gay marriage laws.

In Washington, gay couples are expected to be able to apply for marriage licenses beginning Wednesday – but opponents are still challenging it in court.

And opponents FAILED! The Supreme Court decided not to stop the gay marriage law and today it will be the real deal.

And Cali, take FRAKKING note! Reach out to EVERYBODY!

Congrats D.C.!

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Bishop Harry Jackson: Takes a Lickin', still keep Hatin'

After losing AGAIN, Harry Jackson and the buffoons at Alliance Defense Fund are trying overturn D.C.'s Board of Elections and Ethics' decision granting gay marriage.

Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund filed suit Wednesday against the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics for precluding the right of citizens in the district to vote for or against the definition of marriage. The board determined Tuesday that a citizen initiative that would allow voters to either uphold or reject the longstanding definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman is not a proper subject for the ballot because of a law passed by the D.C. Council. ADF and Stand4MarriageDC attorneys argue that the board’s reasoning is invalid.

“The people of D.C. have a right to vote on the definition of marriage,” said ADF Senior Legal Counsel Austin R. Nimocks.

“The D.C. Charter guarantees the people the right to vote, and the council cannot amend the charter for any reason, much less to deny citizens the right to vote. ADF will defend the right of the residents of our nation’s capitol to participate in a legitimate democratic process in the district.”

“The people of the district have the same right as the D.C. Council to propose legislation in on any subject not related to appropriations,” said Cleta Mitchell, counsel to Stand4MarriageDC.com, the proponents of the Marriage Initiative of 2009.

“The council cannot legally erect additional barriers to the people’s exercise of that right. The D.C. courts have upheld that principle in prior cases, and we are confident that we are on solid legal ground in arguing that the denial of this petition is unlawful and must be reversed by the court.”

Oh please, get over yourselves. If you want to stand for marriage, fix the divorce rate!

Sore Losers in DC place Ads on Buses

Still bitter over their loss, Stand for Marriage DC has placed ads on metrobuses that reads “Let the People Vote on Marriage”.

The ads are sponsored by Stand for Marriage DC, a group closely affiliated with the National Organization for Marriage, which was largely responsible for ending marriage equality in Maine by putting the issue on the ballot in that state. The D.C. council and the district’s election board have denied repeated attempts by SFMDC to put marriage up to a popular vote.

The gay group Full Equality Now DC has come out against the ad campaign, writing a letter to the city’s transportation authority demanding that the ads be taken down because they force gay people to “stare down discrimination as they board the bus to go somewhere or are even passed by an advertisement on the street.”

But not all pro-gay people are falling in line behind FENDC’s demands. Another group, led the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance’s president Mitch Woods and a number of other activists, has come out in favor of SFMDC’s freedom of speech. In its own letter to the transportation authority, this group writes, “Free speech is not only for those whose beliefs we find acceptable. The proper response to offensive speech is more speech. Your proper response to Full Equality Now DC, therefore, is that those who object to ads for Stand For Marriage DC are free to place their own ads.”

Stand for Marriage DC hopes to rally enough support overturn marriage equality, but even that attempt seems far fetched. We will see how this goes.

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Interesting Quote: Bishop Harry Jackson

In future races, religious people are going to start going after people's political careers. In D.C., some very vulnerable black councilmen went along with the city council, and some of these guys will not be sitting in those chairs in 2010 elections. Many in our coalition are wising up, looking for candidates. Political action committees are going to be formed. You're going to see a bloodletting that is going to mark a new style of engagement for people who are against same-sex marriage.

This fool pledging vowed political revenge through race bating and foolishness.

I'm sick of him.


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Sore Loser: Bishop Harry Jackson

More Religious Foolishness at the DC City Council Hearing

Hearing this mess is the reason why I'm no longer a Christian. Also it reminds me of the stronghold Christianity has on the Black community.

NG has more clips on his blog.

Bishop Harry Jackson speaking at the DC City Council hearing for Gay Marriage

Thanks NG!

Hope, Faith and Foolishness and at the DC Council Hearing

Lord, this hearing brought so many things to the table yesterday. Please watch this is sheer mess



Somebody lay hands on Miss Copeland


No, the Devil has not showed up... I'm still at home watch Rockettube ; )

But I'm not going to lie, this was funny.

Sad, but funny.

Thanks to NG for this on his blog

Rev. Rob Hardies speaks at The Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act hearing

Foolishness From the "People's Rally" in DC

Legislation of Sin... That could be a hot T-Shirt


These sad, sad people

NOM has a March on Washington Too

Beware, Fools are marching this weekend

Dear Friends of Marriage,

Join us this Sunday, October 25th, as we gather to protect marriage in the nation’s capital! With the DC City Council threatening to impose same-sex marriage throughout the District, DC residents are gathering together to demand that their voice be heard and their right to vote not be taken away.

What: Stand4Marriage Rally!

When: Sunday, October 25th
3:00 - 5:00 pm.

Where: Freedom Plaza (14th & Pennsylvania NW)

Who: Pastors, community leaders, concerned citizens, and YOU! Please bring a friend!

RSVP: Please email stand4marriagedc@gmail.com to let them know you’ll be there!

The Stand4MarriageDC team, led by Bishop Harry Jackson, has filed an initiative petition to preempt the DC City Council’s plans to push through a same-sex marriage bill co-sponsored by 10 of the Council’s 13 members. If successful, the initiative would put same-sex marriage before DC voters. The Board of Elections, however, is threatening to reject the marriage initiative, claiming it violates the DC Human Rights Act, and is thus ineligible to be voted on as an initiative measure.

Join us in telling the DC Council that they’ve ignored the people of the District long enough. When it comes to marriage, it’s time to let the people have the final say.

It looks like the weather will be perfect . . . so tell your friends, announce it at church, and then come on down to take a Stand For Marriage in our nation’s capital! Hope to see you there!

Faithfully,

Brian S. Brown Executive Director National Organization for Marriage 20 Nassau Street, Suite 242 Princeton, NJ 08542

If you are close, try to go and check this mess out.

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Bishop Harry Jackson is still running his Big Ass Mouth!

Bishop Harry Jackson starts his Brotherhood of Religious Fools

Not wasting a moment after our defeat, Bishop Harry Jackson has gathered up some fools to block DC's recognition of gay marriages performed in other jurisdictions.

He's a part of group called, Stand 4 Marriage D.C. and they are, as they put it, going to war.

Bishop Jackson called the referendum plans a “declaration of war,” intended to stop a potential effort to legalize same-sex marriages performed in D.C. later this year.

Prior to the start of signature collection, however, the board of elections must first decide whether the question of overturning out-of-state marriage recognition qualifies for the ballot. Marriage-equality activists maintain that the issue falls under part of local election law that prohibits referendums from being used to violate the city’s human rights act.

If the referendum were approved, supporters would have 180 days to collect the required signatures from at least five percent of registered voters across the city’s eight wards.

Should they accomplish that feat, which has eluded recent referendum attempts on different subjects, the question could be presented to voters this year or next.

It's a shame that preachers have nothing else to do but to waste time and money. And how are you declaring war, Harry? Is that the Christian way?
Oh, and remember, you can lose your tax-exempt status for meddling in our affairs, Harry!

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