Last month, the Washington D.C. Council unanimously passed the first reading of the measure that would allow the district to recognize out of state gay marriages. Today, the Council turned in its final vote on the second reading:
The measure, approved by a vote 12 to 1, now goes to Mayor Arian M. Fenty (D), a supporter of gay marriage.
If Fenty signs it, the District will put the same-sex marriage issue directly before the Congress. Under Home Rule, the District’s laws are subject to a 30-day congressional review period.
The single dissenting vote? Yup, former crackhead, husband, tax-payer and D.C. mayor Marion Barry.
The same one who used to be for gay marriage,then was against it, then forgot that he was against it, and then was for it, and then against it.
After voting for the measure today, he changed his mind, saying that he had decided to join the “ministers who stand on the moral compass of God . . . I feel comfortable with this position because I know where my heart is. . . . I am representing my constituents. I have thought about it lot and I have been a friend of [the gay] community and will continue to be a friend of this community.”
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