DC Gay Marriage Watch

Chris Crain points out in his blog the main obstacle to gay marriage in DC. Quote of Note:

But the political support [for same sex marriage] in Washington is far more solid. Adrian Fenty, a Democrat sworn in as mayor on Jan. 2, is on record supporting full marriage, as did his predecessor. So does a clear majority of the D.C. Council, which includes one openly gay Democrat and one openly gay Republican who turned independent in 2004 after President Bush pushed for a federal marriage amendment.

Believe it or not, in Washington, D.C., of all places, the politicians aren't the problem. It's the gays — or more accurately, the local gay activists. Or to put it even more accurately, the few local and very vocal gay activists who make up the D.C. Gay & Lesbian Activists Alliance.

Read the whole post here.

The next move is Fenty's - let's see if he'll act on his stated support for gay marriage, or if he'll use GLAA's reticence as an excuse not to, the same as his predecessor did.