Bishop Harry Jackson is still demanding that marriage equality be put before the voters of Washington DC despite the fact that it is not required that such a ballot initiative happen.
It has been pointed out that, had the issue of inter-racial marriage been put to the voters of the Southern states in 1970, Whites and Blacks would still not be allowed to marry there. Most of the time, when civil rights for a minority group are put to the ballot, those who gain the most from ensuring the second-class status of a minority group vote against it.
DC Attorney General Peter Nickles and other attorneys in the city have urged the US Supreme Court to not take the case seeking to force a vote on the issue. Nickles notes that the DC Court of Appeals has ruled earlier this year that the District has the authority to prohibit a voter initiative or referendum with regards to the Religious Freedom and Marriage Equality Amendment Act of 2009, or any other referendi or initiatives.
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