Marriage Equality Gains Traction

June 16, 2009

The Washington Post
June 16, 2009
A ruling yesterday by D.C. elections officials suggests that only Congress or the courts can thwart the gathering momentum to legalize same-sex marriage in the District. The opinion states that city officials would "authorize discrimination" if they were to permit a referendum on whether to afford same-sex couples married elsewhere the same rights as opposite-sex couples. "This is a case where the human rights amendment protected the rights of individuals, and that is what it is supposed to do," said Peter Rosenstein, a veteran gay rights activist. "You don't put rights of a minority up to votes of a majority." [Link]