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I hadn’t seen today’s paper, so thanks to Erik who brought it to my attention: “District Warned On Gay Marriage<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Home rule is one of the things that drives DC residents batty. We may not agree on the way to legitimize DC’s legal standing, but we do agree that it needs to be achieved. Because until it is, we legitimately are vulnerable to these sorts of threats made by people who have no reason being in our business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I hadn’t seen today’s paper, so thanks to Erik who brought it to my attention: “District Warned On Gay Marriage.” Home rule is one of the things that drives DC residents batty. We may not agree on the way to legitimize DC’s legal standing, but we do agree that it needs to be achieved. 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