{"id":3864,"date":"2009-07-06T09:50:16","date_gmt":"2009-07-06T14:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/?p=3864"},"modified":"2009-07-06T09:50:16","modified_gmt":"2009-07-06T14:50:16","slug":"set-up-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/3864","title":{"rendered":"Set Up Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guess which brave and righteous crusader for Traditional Marriage is having a wee problem with his moral compass now.  Go ahead.  Guess…<\/p>\n

I’ll give you a hint…<\/p>\n

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April 29, 2009: Marion Barry Reneges on Marriage Equality, Calls Himself "Moral Leader" at Anti-Gay Protest<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

In June 2008, Washington D.C. Council member and former mayor Marion Barry declared his support for same-sex marriage in the District. Three weeks ago Barry co-sponsored the District law that recognizes legal same-sex marriages performed elsewhere. The former mayor now breaks his promise and appears at an anti-gay rally organized by the publicity-hungry gay-bashing Bishop Harry Jackson of the Hope Christian Church in nearby Beltsville. Barry and Jackson call marriage equality "immoral."  <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Oh…you’d like Another hint would you?  Well…okay…<\/p>\n

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May 5, 2009: Barry Warns of "Civil War" Over Gay Marriage<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

D.C. Council member Marion Barry (D-Ward 8), the only council member to vote against the bill today<\/a> to legalize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere, predicted today there could be a "civil war" in the District if the Council decides to take up a broader gay marriage bill later this year.<\/p>\n

"All hell is going to break lose," Barry said while speaking to reporters. "We may have a civil war. The black community is just adamant against this."<\/p>\n

Barry made his remarks a few hours after a group of same-sex marriage opponents, led by black ministers, caused uproar in the Wilson Building after the Council voted 12 to 1 to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere. They caused such a ruckus that security guards and police had to clear the hallway. The protesters shouted that council members who voted for the bill will face retribution at the polls.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This was a hard one I know…<\/p>\n

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July 6, 2009:  The Charge Against Barry: Stalking His Ex-Girlfriend<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

U.S. Park Service Police arrested Barry (D-Ward 8) about 8:45 p.m. in Anacostia Park after a woman flagged down an officer to report that a man in a nearby vehicle was "bothering her," police said.<\/p>\n

After interviewing Barry and Watts-Brighthaupt, Barry, 73, was charged with one count of "misdemeanor stalking," said Sgt. David Schlosser, a Park Police spokesman. Barry, on probation for failing to pay his federal taxes, was released hours later and ordered to appear in court Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It’s a girlfriend who broke up with him and says he won’t leave her alone.  Except they had lunch together that same day and she’s saying now she didn’t ask for him to be arrested.  This is the same girlfriend he bought a eight-hundred dollar coat for at auction while he was struggling to repay the back taxes he’s on probation now for not paying.  Moral Leadership.\n<\/p>\n

Tune in again next week when our topic will be: Moral Leaders And Their Soulmates<\/em>…featuring Marion Barry and Mark Sanford.<\/p>\n

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Guess which brave and righteous crusader for Traditional Marriage is having a wee problem with his moral compass now.  Go ahead.  Guess… I’ll give you a hint… April 29, 2009: Marion Barry Reneges on Marriage Equality, Calls Himself "Moral Leader" at Anti-Gay Protest In June 2008, Washington D.C. Council member and former mayor Marion Barry […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[16,20,19],"class_list":["post-3864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-marriage","tag-the-american-gutter","tag-the-jackass-chronicles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3864\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}