Word: gayness
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...District of Columbia City Councilman David Catania introduced legislation legalizing same-sex marriage. The measure enjoys overwhelming support among City Council members, two of whom are gay, as well as the support of Mayor Adrian Fenty, virtually guaranteeing its passage. However, due to an archaic and unjust constitutional clause granting congressional veto power over all of DC’s local legislation, the bill’s fate is far from determined...
...Read "Activists Rethink Their Gay-Marriage Tactics...
...history of gay-rights activism in the 20th century...
While passage of the bill is almost certain, the prospect of wedding bells for gay and lesbian couples in the nation's capital will nonetheless almost certainly stir up political heat before the bill is passed, which under council rules probably wouldn't happen until December. Some Republicans in Congress, while acknowledging that they are powerless to block same-sex marriage in the capital, will probably still try. Congressman Jason Chaffetz, a Utah Republican who is the ranking GOP member of the subcommittee with oversight over Washington, says he intends to support any effort to block the bill...
...within Congress to take up the issue amid the health-care debate and other pressing issues. "I don't see the affairs of the District of Columbia distracting the Democratically controlled Congress on this issue," Walker says. "They would have to literally pump the brakes up there." (Watch a gay-marriage wedding video...