Comments on: D.C. election board rejects marriage referendum http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/02/04/d-c-election-board-rejects-marriage-referendum/ the lgbtq communitys news source Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:03:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Weekly Political Roundup | FreeDomains@Blog http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/02/04/d-c-election-board-rejects-marriage-referendum/comment-page-1/#comment-1346 Weekly Political Roundup | FreeDomains@Blog Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:15:58 +0000 http://dcagenda.com/?p=2093#comment-1346 [...] Washington, D.C. Board of Elections & Ethics ruled that the city cannot have a ballot measure to ban same-sex [...] [...] Washington, D.C. Board of Elections & Ethics ruled that the city cannot have a ballot measure to ban same-sex [...]

]]> By: Bob Summersgill http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/02/04/d-c-election-board-rejects-marriage-referendum/comment-page-1/#comment-1345 Bob Summersgill Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:01:42 +0000 http://dcagenda.com/?p=2093#comment-1345 While the budget restriction isn't appropriate to a referendum, according to the BOEE, it would be an appropriate argument in an initiative. There were two unrelated initiatives that were killed on that basis in the past. Plus, the point can still be argued in court. As Jackson et al appeal the anti-gay initiative to higher courts, the budget argument can be made. This referendum is effectively dead anyway. The other anti-gay initiative will be rejected on the basis of being in the wrong format, as were two other anti-gay marirage initiatives dating back to 2004. While the budget restriction isn’t appropriate to a referendum, according to the BOEE, it would be an appropriate argument in an initiative. There were two unrelated initiatives that were killed on that basis in the past. Plus, the point can still be argued in court.

As Jackson et al appeal the anti-gay initiative to higher courts, the budget argument can be made. This referendum is effectively dead anyway.

The other anti-gay initiative will be rejected on the basis of being in the wrong format, as were two other anti-gay marirage initiatives dating back to 2004.

]]> By: Snowmageddon!: Loose Lips Daily - City Desk - Washington City Paper http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/02/04/d-c-election-board-rejects-marriage-referendum/comment-page-1/#comment-1344 Snowmageddon!: Loose Lips Daily - City Desk - Washington City Paper Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:38:37 +0000 http://dcagenda.com/?p=2093#comment-1344 [...] to be unfit for the ballot, based on the strictures of the D.C. Human Rights Act. Lou Chibbaro Jr. notes in DC Agenda a perhaps-momentous secondary finding: 'In an action that could disappoint LGBT activists, the [...] [...] to be unfit for the ballot, based on the strictures of the D.C. Human Rights Act. Lou Chibbaro Jr. notes in DC Agenda a perhaps-momentous secondary finding: 'In an action that could disappoint LGBT activists, the [...]

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