Bishop leads the battle against same-sex unions

Washington Times ^ | June 28, 2009 | Melissa Giaimo

[La Lydia]

Bishop Harry R. Jackson Jr. grew up thinking everyone has a right to be heard and that the right to vote is a near-sacred privilege. The son of a civil rights activist who fled Florida with his family when a state trooper threatened his father at gunpoint, Mr. Jackson knows firsthand the struggles to be recognized in the democratic system. But same-sex marriage, according to Mr. Jackson, is no civil right.

"How dare someone piggyback on the civil rights movement?" he said. "What you really have is an elite group of people masquerading as a minority and systematically imposing their will on the majority."

And because he thinks he is among the majority in the District, he is committed to the fight to put same-sex marriage to a referendum after the D.C. Council last month passed legislation recognizing such unions performed in other jurisdictions...

Mr. Jackson, 56, a graduate of Williams College and Harvard Business School, is a longtime opponent of same-sex marriage. He has preached at his home parish, Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, and churches across the nation about the issue — including in Florida, Arizona and California, states that have held referendums on same-sex marriage.

But nowhere does he consider the fight against same-sex marriage more important than in the District — which he has called "the Armageddon of marriage."

"I think what will happen in D.C. will have an impact on national policy on marriage in a way that no other city or state will have had," he said...

[La Lydia]

Black pastor in DC suburb takes the lead in this debate. He has been treated like dirt by the DC Council for his troubles. This is a very long but excellent article.

[MuttTheHoople]

AS an old pastor once said, “The Road through Selma doesn’t lead to Sodom”.