Outrageous Harry Jackson: Asks other states’ voters to have Congress subvert DC’s home rule for his anti- gay crusade [video]
”Let me share with you, one of the unique dynamics of DC that makes your prayer, your involvement, your writing your Congressman so very important: Currently, every law that is passed in DC has got to be approved by the Congress. In other words, DC does not really have ‘home rule.’ Once they pass a law, that law has 30 days in which Congress, in its legislative sessions can decide that the city should not take the measure that they have taken. So, right now, we have the opportunity to block same-sex marriage reciprocity. We have an opportunity to block the rise of an overt same-sex marriage law by having your Congressman say, ‘Not on my watch.’ And tell them, the people must decide… We can turn this thing around by signatures for a referendum. And we can say yes to marriage, no to same-sex reciprocity, no to the land becoming a modern Sodom and Gomorrah, because you’ve reached out and responded to your Congressman…. What happens in DC, doesn’t stay in DC.”
Harry Jackson, political preacher from the Hope Christian Church Beltsville, MD. Jackson is speaking in a video he has released for a national audience, asking voters from other states to contact Congress and tell them that the DC City Council‘s votes don’t matter because, as Jackson points out, all measures passed by the council can be reviewed and rejected by the members of Congress according to the Constitution. In April, Marion Barry, Ward 8 Councilmember and former DC Mayor, was the only city official who stood beside Harry Jackson and his crew to call the other Councilmembers immoral for voting to recognize same-sex marriages performed legally in other regions. (Via YouTube)
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