Same-sex marriage in D.C. faces key hearings

From: The Washington Times | October 26, 2009 

The effort to legalize same-sex marriages in Washington faces two key hurdles Monday. The city’s Board of Elections and Ethics is considering a request by opponents of the measure to have residents vote on the issue, which the D.C. Council is expected to pass. The group wants a question added to the 2010 ballot that states that “only marriage between a man and woman” is valid in the city. D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles has asked the board — on behalf on Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, a Democrat — to reject the request. He said the issue is not a …

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