Split court: DC citizens can’t vote on marriage

Michael Foust of Townhall (Baptist Press): “The suit was brought by D.C.-area pastor Harry Jackson, former D.C. delegate Walter Fauntroy and others who were represented by attorneys for the Alliance Defense Fund and StandforMarriageDC.com . . . Austin R. Nimocks, an Alliance Defense Fund attorney who argued the case before the court in May, called the decision a blow to the ‘right to vote.’ ‘The citizens of the District of Columbia should not have their voices suppressed by the government, but that is exactly what is happening here,’ Nimocks said. ‘The decision from the D.C. Court of Appeals means that those living in our nation’s capitol are being denied their most fundamental freedom: the right to vote. We are considering our options to right this wrong, which include asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider this case . . . “