Election Follow-Up

Gentle readers, thanks very much for your comments on yesterday’s post. It would appear that you think pretty much all the candidates suck. One of you suggested that Marie Johns wasn’t so bad. That was the only positive reaction. Not exactly a ringing endorsement of this batch of candidates, is it?

I’ve done a bit more research, and it would appear that Vincent Orange doesn’t like the gays so much. He has expressed his support for gay civil rights, and according to the Blade, “During his tenure on the Council, Orange has voted in favor of several domestic partnership bills that expanded the rights and benefits of same-sex couples in the District.” However, last weekend, he took a hard line on gay marriage, stating “I am the only one that is opposed to same-sex marriage. The other four, they say they believe in God, they go to church, but they’re also for same-sex marriage. So, I think coming down the stretch that that’s going to be the key issue. I don’t think they’re morally fit to run this city.” Sounds like he’s trying to appeal to the super-religious crowd. With his non-love for the gays, his belief that he is somehow morally superior to the rest of the candidates, and his error-ridden campaign surveys, I can’t possibly vote for him. (Thanks to RCR and Jordan Baker for alerting me to the spelling and gay issues.)

Adrian Fenty and Marie Johns both support gay marriage, so props to them. Linda Cropp does not support gay marriage in DC, but according to the Blade, “she supports recognition of same-sex marriages issued in Massachusetts, where gay marriage was legalized last year.” This makes no sense and sounds like she’s just trying to please everyone. Yet another reason not to vote for her.

(And yes, I do realize there are many issues other than gay marriage facing DC; this just happened to be the one I researched today.)