Mark’s Testimony Before the DC City Council on Marriage Equality

Mark represented the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, DC’s largest GLBT political organization, before the DC Board of Elections and Ethics and the DC City Council on the issue of marriage equality.

And got a shout-out from someone with a different point of view…

Mark could testify for only three minutes, but his full written testimony is here: Mark Levine’s written testimony before the DC City Council

Mark’s testimony before the DC Board of Elections and Ethics was not recorded but his legal briefs are reprinted here:
Gertrude Stein Brief; Gertrude Stein Reply Brief

Mark Defends Marriage Equality on George Washington University Radio

Mark debates lawyer Cleta Mitchell, co-chair of the Republican National Lawyers’ Association, who has been hired by fundamentalist Christian evangelicals to fight against marriage equality.  The Alliance Defense Fund receives more than $25 million a year to bring theocracy to the United States.
[Cleta Mitchell’s Response to Mark (Play this audio second)]
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Mark’s interview is below. (Play the audio below first.)

Mark on Air America: Whose Suffering Moves you Most?

Whose suffering moves you most?
Animals? (Are you a vegetarian?)
Your family’s?
People in your neighborhood, city, or nation?
People with inadequate health care?
People suffering genocide?
People who don’t deserve suffering?
The homeless?
People of your race, religion, or ethnicity?

Mark on Air America

Discussing FOX News

Mark is in a Slew of Newspapers for his Work on DC Marriage Equality

The Washington Post:
Same-sex marriage foes vow court fight

The Washington Post a second time:
Cases against gay marriage don’t hold up

Washington Examiner:
Same-sex union foes seek ballot initiative to define marriage

Washington Times:
Debating gay marriage

Washington Blade:
Marriage referendum supporters pack BOE meeting

MetroWeekly:
Marriage Meetings: Monday set for full day of marriage-equality arguments

The Associated Press (several newspapers):
DC same-sex marriage language debated in hearing

In addition, you can read the briefs Mark wrote for the DC Board of Elections on behalf of the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club:

Gertrude Stein Brief; Gertrude Stein Reply Brief

And his testimony before the DC City Council:

Testimony of Mark Levine