Well this is bound to stir up some shit: D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty will today sign the city’s gay marriage bill into law … at a church. It’s likely it’ll be Covenant Baptist Church, the black church where husband-and-wife co-pastors (and gay marriage supporters) Dennis and Christine Wiley preside, or All Souls Unitarian Church, known for its LGBT inclusiveness. (UPDATE: It’s happening now, at All Souls!) We expect either the sky to open up and lightening to strike Fenty dead; or, bursts of applause and tears of joy. Either way, we’re more in love with Fenty than ever, as this is an obvious fuck you to the religious bigots who threatened gay marriage supporters — and a nod to a religious community that can actually welcome us as equals.
terrwill
Lets move this guy from his current house in DC to another
one in 2012!!
asa1973
I’m sorry, but this man is HOT!
Mr. Enemabag Jones
asa1973
I’m sorry, but this man is HOT!
Don’t be sorry! The man is smoking hot 8^)
ksu499
This is a mistake. This bill should definitively not be signed in a church. This has been all about religion not being allowed to define what the government thinks marriage is. A church has the right to define marriage however it chooses; the government must abide by the Constitution which guarantees equal protection under the law.
tavdy79
asa1973 don’t apologise for being right – he’s hot and has a heart, what more could you ask for?
terrwill
No. 4 · ksu499: Sorry for too long the frightwing-nutbag
lunatics have been using the pulpit to wage war on the Gays
Its time they saw things from another perspective, We can
use the same tactics they do………
Steve
This is a good thing. The Unitarian Churches believe that gay people should be allowed to marry. All Souls Unitarian in Washington has a web site that explains their beliefs. See, http://www.all-souls.org/
By highlighting a church that believes gay people should be treated as whole people, and allowed to marry, this helps the cause. Many people wrongly believe that all churches uniformly condemn gay people. The knowledge that some churches support gay marriage and gay people might make some heads explode. But, it will also help a lot of people to understand that “religious freedom” means letting different churches believe different things.
LT
Another vote here for this being an incredibly good thing. Guess what, Righties, you don’t own morality or religion. (And for those crying separation of church and state, fact is lots of secular meetings are held in churches all the time, simply using the nice big spaces like an auditorium. And when’s the last time anyone complained about Martin Luther King having spoken to ostensibly non-religious community gatherings in churches during the 1960s?) Let’s stop pretending that religion and houses of worship are a factor of American life and culture that can be ignored completely. It’s there, lots of gays and str8 allies in them, and this was a very smart move by this mayor and the activists behind the solitary success. Come on, anyone notice why DC was the only solid victory recently? They went directly to the challenges: race and religion. In DC, the marriage equality movement was smart, mostly Af-Am, and bolstered by a large group of ministers.
Lucas
Yeah, Fenty is really, really hot. Porbably the hottest politician we have.
tjr101
Wow… of all the mayors in cities across America, DC apparently has the sexist! What is this world coming too?