Since Congress did not see fit to overturn the D.C. marriage statute — and Congress has the last word on D.C. laws — it is not up to the Supreme Court to decide the matter in the absence of any argument that the law is unconstitutional.

Moreover, Bishop Jackson’s fight against the law is a thinly-disguised attempt to impose a “religious test” on the marriage law and force the D.C. government to endorse religious approbations against homosexuality by barring gay and lesbian couples from partaking in their constitutionally protected right to marry, a right firmly established by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1967 when it struck down laws that barred interracial couples from marrying.

Gay and lesbian couples earned the right to marry when the high court struck down the last remaining anti-sodomy laws in 2003 (Lawrence v. Texas), fully decriminalizing gay and lesbian relationships. Combined with the high court’s 1996 decision (Romer v. Evans) that states cannot single out gays and lesbians for exclusion from the constitutionally protected rights and freedoms enjoyed by everyone else, there is, therefore, no legal justification whatsoever to take the right to marry away from gay and lesbian couples in the nation’s capital — or anywhere else in the United States.

Dismiss Bishop Jackson’s appeal!

Robbie
Bishop Harry Jackson and Eddie Long are two of a kind.

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What is Bishop Harry Jackson’s address in DC?

What are the other filers addresses?

Is Jackson using Church funds to file this Motion?

Hope Christian Church World Headquarters
6251 Ammendale Road
Beltsville, MD 20705

info@thehopeconnection.org

Phone: 240-845-0388

eom@dc.gov, dccouncil@dccouncil.us

Dear City of DC Mayor Adrian Fenty, Council Members, and Chairman Gray,

As you probably know, Bishop Harry Jackson has filed motion with the Supreme Court challenging the right of LGBT citizens to marry legally in the City of DC.

DC LGBT Citizens now look to you for your continued protection in preserving the Rights of LGBT Citizens to Marry Legally within the City of DC, and that you now stand by your commitments by Filing Briefs in an effective manner with the Supreme Court in support of the current and newly enacted DC City Law.

Please do not stand idly by while both Our Rights and Your Hard Work might be swept away.

Sincerely,

If he (and his ilk) really cared about families — then they would target some real causes for the failure of families. The fact is that 50% of marriages end up in divorce. Of course, these are heterosexual marriages since that’s the only kind available! Further, kids are increasing being born to single women. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics for 2007 (the latest year of recorded data) 40% of children in the U.S. are born to single women, this is a blended number. The breakdown is: 28% to white women; 51% of Latinas; and 72% to Black women. Again, 72% are born to SINGLE BLACK WOMEN. But for bigot Jackson and his ilk, it’s just so much easier to argue a red herring than to address the real issues.

I also want some assurances that Bigot Harry Jackass is actually a citizen of the District of Columbia. I want official confirmation that he is paying income taxes to the city. While his income may be derived outside the city he’s still required to pay taxes to the city if he is a resident of the city and is registered to vote.

If he is only a part time resident and maintains a voting residence in another jurisdiction, he lacks standing to challenge any city ordinance.

If he is registered to vote in the District and is not paying taxes, I believe that would constitute fraud which would subject him to criminal prosecution and a stint in jail.

The 14th amendment says no state shall “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” The Equal Protection Clause “neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens.”