''This is designed to put pressure on the mayor, Eleanor and council members....This should not be decided by the council...This is probably the most contentious issue in the 21st century. Let the will of the people decide.''
Ward 5 ANC commissioner Bob King on the reason he is trying to overturn the DC Council's near-unanimous vote to begin legal recognition of same-sex marriages which have been performed in other areas. Several of the city's Democratic groups voted on their acceptance of gay marriages, and only Ward 5 stood agaist the decision as it allowed a group of socially conservative ministers to dominate the issue. (Washington Post)
