D.C. Gay Marriage Bill Expected To Pass Council Vote

15 Dec, 2009

D.C. Gay Marriage Bill Expected To Pass Council Vote

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by Allison Keyes

Councilman David Catania speaks to the media before introducing the same-sex marriage bill at a D.C. Council meeting in October.

Gay rights advocates are declaring a cautious victory in the nation’s capital this week.

A bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Washington, D.C., is expected to pass a City Council vote on Tuesday.

David Catania, the openly gay councilman who drafted the bill, says he has been waiting for this day for a long time.

“After a year of planning and working and strategizing and organizing and cajoling and discussing it, I can finally see that the end is in sight,” Catania says.

The mayor has already committed to signing the bill, but opponents are vowing not to give up the fight against it. And because laws in the District of Columbia are subject to congressional review, even if the bill passes on Tuesday, it won’t be too late for opponents to lobby for it to be overturned.