Witness list for BOEE hearing on proposed referendum on D.C. marriage law

Proponents of Referendum - Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act of 2009

Proper Subject Hearing, January 27, 2010

Many of these people did not actually testify. Notice the large number of people who are not from D.C., but are happy to interfere with District laws. I excuse the lawyers representing various groups. A few people use their organization address in D.C. It is not clear where they live. Harry Jackson and the other proposers of the referendum have lobbied the Congress to strip the D.C. Council of its ability to pass laws. Fortunately, only the most extreme conservative members of Congress have responded, and they are out of power.

Name	Organization	Address
Cleta Mitchell	Foley & Lardner	Office: Washington, DC 20007
Tim Tracey	Alliance Defense Fund/FRC	Office: Washington, DC 20001
Harry Jackson, Jr. (Proposer		Office: Washington, DC 20003
Robert Bob King (Proposer)	ANC 5A12	Washington, DC 20018
Walter Fauntroy (Proposer)		Washington, DC 20011
James Silver (Proposer)		Washington, DC 20012
Melvin Dupree (Proposer)		Washington, DC 20020
Howard Butler (Proposer)	Holy Temple Church of Christ	Washington, DC 20012
Anthony Evans (Proposer)	DC Black Church Initiative	Washington, DC 20017
Michael Sindram		Washington, DC 20012
Kathryn Pearson-West		Washington, DC 20017
Janae Grant	ANC 5A11	Washington, DC 20018
Wanda Lofton		Washington, DC 20020
Jerri Washington		Washington, DC 20020
Ophelia D. West		Washington, DC 20002
Pierre Bynum	Family Research Council	Faulkner, MD 20632
Odessia Tolliver		Washington, DC 20020
Marshall Phillips	ANC 5C	Washington, DC 20002
Patricia Trim		Washington, DC 20001
Richard Urban	ULTRA Teen Choice	Washington, DC 20002
C.L. Long		Washington, DC 20001
Leticia Arriaga	Jesus is the Curious Ministry	Alexandria, VA 22302
Patricia Ayuk		Silver Spring, MD 20902
Gregg Wilson		Washington, DC 20012
Catherine Nelson		Warrenton, VA 20188
Peter Sprigg	Family Research Council	Office: Washington, DC 20001
Eugene Sheppard	Living Word Church	Washington, DC 20032
Derek McCoy	Family Research Council	Office: Washington, DC 20001
Sheila Johnson		Washington, DC 20002
Diana Reid	Holy Temple Church of Christ	District Heights, MD 20747
Hernando Caicedo	Christ Community Church	Bowie, MD 20716
Jason Shine	Shine Solutions	Washington, DC 20018
Brian Brown	National Organization for Marriage	Great Falls, VA 22066
Gyimah Kwasi	Church of the Living God	Fairfax Station, VA 22039
Abraham Moses	United Christian Academy	Washington, DC 20012
Emmanuel Mutangana	River City Church	Washington, DC 20002
Corinthia Boone		Washington, DC 20018
Constantino Ruiz	Catedral Evangelica	Upper Marlboro, MD 20774
Oscar Dinarte	Jesus es el Senor de la Gloria	Takoma Park, MD 20912
Hector Arriaga	Jesus es el Kyrios MCI	Alexandria, VA 22302
Patrice Sheppard	Living Word Church	Washington, DC 20032
Joel O. Galan		Columbia, MD 21045
Tijwanna Phillips	ANC 8B05	Washington, DC 20020
Aaron Young		Washington, DC 20011
William Spence	Stand for Marriage	Washington, DC 20010
Barbara Morgan		Washington, DC 20020
Ruth Jacobs		Rockville, MD 20850
Anthony Muhammad	ANC 8A01	Washington, DC 20056
Holly Muhammad	ANC 7B01	Washington, DC 20020
Wanda Harris		Washington, DC 20003
Lois Tett		Washington, DC 20001

 

 

Opponents of Referendum - Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act of 2009

Proper Subject Hearing, January 27, 2010

By Contrast, all of the opponents of the proposed referendum are from D.C. Again, not all of the people listed actually testified.

 

Name	Organization	Address
Phil Mendelson	D.C. City Council	Washington, DC 20001
Brian Flowers	D.C. City Council	Washington, DC 20001
Bob Summersgill		Washington DC 20008
Richard Rosendall	GLAA	Washington, DC 20013
Mark H. Levine	Gertrude Stein Democratic Club	Washington, DC 20009
Thomas Williamson Jr.	Covington & Burling (Campaign For All DC Families)	Office: Washington, DC 20004
Jason Maglaughlin		Washington, DC 20001
Amy Heiz-Piper		Washington, DC 20002
Jenna Lowenstein	Stone Wall Democrats	Washington, DC 20005
Michael Mitchell	Stone Wall Democrats	Washington, DC 20005
Hillary Treat	DC 4 Marriage	Washington, DC 20012
Sultan Shakir	Campaign for All DC Families	Washington, DC 20005
Sharon Lettman	National Black Justice Coalition	Washington, DC 20009
Collin Macdonald	DC Equality	Washington, DC 20052
Clark Ray		Washington, DC 20011
Nick McCoy		Washington, DC 20036
Howard Croft	Greater Chapter of Americans for Democratic Action	Washington, DC 20006
Bryan Pruitt	Log Cabin Republican, DC Chapter	Washington, DC 20001

The witness lists were provided by the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics at the hearing. I have removed the street addresses.

The Board of Elections and Ethics found the proposed measure to be improper.

Written testimony no longer appears on the BOEE website. at http://www.dcboee.org/newsroom/showASPfile.asp?cat=News%20Releases&id=246. Thanks to Rick Rosendall for saving the link.

Additional written testimony was presented by the Archdiocese of Washington in support of the referendum, and D.C. Attorney General Nickles in opposition.