D.C. GAY MARRIAGE BAN PETITION WITHDRAWN: From the Washington Blade

A D.C. woman who said she believes gay marriage is harmful to African-American families withdrew a petition to place an initiative on the ballot to ban same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia. Ward 4 resident Lisa L. Greene said she withdrew the proposal after an attorney with the D.C. Board of Elections & Ethics informed her that she used the wrong "legislative format" in drafting the initiative and she failed to submit a required campaign finance statement. "I will submit it again," she told the Blade. "I will contact them beforehand and make sure I have it correct." ...

Bill O'Field, a spokesperson for the elections board, said Greene's initiative could not be placed on the ballot until the next regularly scheduled citywide election, which takes place in September 2006. The text of Greene's proposed initiative states, "The Citizens of the District of Columbia and the District Council defines and preserve marriage as a relationship between one man and one woman only." Greene named the initiative the District of Columbia Marriage Protection Act
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