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MikeOn June 3, I discussed the church-led opposition to the District of Columbia City Council’s decision to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states. I was very pleasantly surprised to be able to report that other churches showed their support (“A diverse coalition of more than 100 clergy gathered in a Southeast Washington church yesterday to show their support for same-sex marriages in the District” and that Reverend Dennis Wiley, pastor of the Covenant Baptist Church, stated that “We declare that our faith calls us to affirm marriage equality for loving, same-sex couples.”)
Subsequently, a group of churches and Christian conservatives moved a court to stay the D.C. Council’s decision. Yesterday, the court declined the request for a stay.
Of course, the opponents are not giving up. An attorney for the Christian conservative law firm that represents the opponents vowed to file an appeal of the decision and to seek a ballot initiative that will define marriage as being between one man and one woman.
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On July 1, I posted that a DC court had declined a request by a group of churches and Christian conservatives for a stay of the D.C. City Council’s decision to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states. The U.S. Congress has to approve prospective D.C. laws. The churches and conservatives were unable to get a referendum on the matter and Congress took no action. Therefore, the law went into effect on July 7.
Six states – Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire – allow same-sex marriage.