Tag Archives: Harry Jackson Jr.

Mrs. Srivastav Explains Her Hate

And “Bishop” Harry Jackson adds: “Marriage redefinition will mean the total obliteration of our culture.” And the cuh-rowd goes wild! (Via – Good As You)

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WASHINGTON: Appeals Court Rejects Bid To Force DC Marriage Referendum

The Washington DC Court of Appeals ruled 5-4 this morning to reject a bid to put marriage equality to a public vote. The Human Rights Campaign reports via press release: “The court’s ruling today is a significant victory for justice, the rule of law and the protection of all D.C. residents against discrimination,” said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese. …

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DC Court To Hear Marriage Appeal

Today Washington DC’s Court of Appeals will hear a challenge to marriage equality brought by Bishop Harry Jackson. In January, a D.C. Superior Court judge threw out a lawsuit by a Maryland pastor who wanted to put a measure on the D.C. ballot to define marriage as between a man and a woman. Bishop Harry Jackson sued after the Board …

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Bishop Harry Jackson Appears On CBN To Cry About DC Same-Sex Marriage

Maryland resident Harry Jackson wants America’s Christians to “pray for him” and his fellow bigots over their outrageous defeat at the hands of DC’s homofascists. His interview begins at 2:00. (Via – Good As You)

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SCOTUS Refuses To Block DC Marriage

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a last minute challenge to Washington DC’s same-sex marriage law. Opponents of gay marriage in the nation’s capital had asked Chief Justice John Roberts to stop the city from issuing the licenses on Wednesday while they appealed. They argued that D.C. voters should have been allowed to vote on the issue. Local …

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Another Loss For DC Marriage Opponents

Another attempt by Harry Jackson to have same-sex marriage rights put to DC’s voters has failed despite the support of 39 GOP members of Congress. A judge in Washington, D.C., has thrown out a lawsuit by opponents of gay marriage against the city’s elections board. Plaintiffs led by a Maryland pastor, Bishop Harry Jackson, sued after the Board of Elections …

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39 GOP Congress Members Join Fight Against DC Marriage Equality

This time with the support of 39 GOP Congress members, Stand For Marriage DC has once again filed a petition to force putting marriage equality to a vote in Washington. Same-sex marriage supporters and opponents faced off in D.C. Superior Court for a hearing Wednesday on whether the city should be required to allow a ballot initiative that would define …

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JMG Poll: Who Was The Most Detestable Anti-Gay Douchebag Bigot Of 2009?

From marriage equality battles to hate crimes legislation, 2009 brought out the anti-gay bigots like we’ve never seen before. By whatever criteria you enjoy, select the person below who you think most exemplified homophobic hatred. It was difficult to select a mere eight names for this poll, so feel free to add your write-in candidates in the comments. Anti-Gay Douchebag …

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Harry Jackson: There Will Be Blood

Stinging over his defeat in the DC marriage battle, “Bishop” Harry Jackson vows that there will be a “bloodletting” when city council members come up for re-election. In future races, religious people are going to start going after people’s political careers. In D.C., some very vulnerable black councilmen went along with the city council, and some of these guys will …

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DC: Bishop Harry Jackson Files Suit To Force Vote On Marriage

Maryland-based carpetbagger Bishop Harry Jackson and seven co-plaintiffs have filed a suit in DC Superior Court in order to force Washington residents into a public vote on marriage equality. Jackson’s action comes after DC’s Board of Elections and Ethics refused to allow a ballot on the issue. In the 15-page filing, Jackson and his seven co-petitioners argue that the city’s …

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PhoboQuotable – Bishop Harry Jackson

“Two weeks ago, just after the Maine’s successful reversal of the state legislature’s decision to sanction same-sex marriage, MSNBC’s Contessa Brewer asked me a profound question: ‘Would Jesus have spent $550,000 to oppose same-sex marriage?’ “The question was exactly what many secular parties had been asking in Portland, Maine, where she was speaking to me by satellite. My answer was …

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Bishop Harry Jackson Celebrates Maine

Bishop Harry Jackson is known to DC residents as the charlatan carpetbagger who fraudulently listed himself as a DC voter in order to interfere with marriage equality there, even though he actually lives in Maryland.

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Marriage Equality In DC “Assured”

The Washington DC City Council is poised to introduce its marriage equality bill later this month with an “assured majority” of council members as co-sponsors. [Openly gay] D.C. City Council member David Catania (I-At Large) is expected to introduce a bill to allow same-sex marriages to be performed in the District before month’s end, according to sources familiar with Catania’s …

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DC Archdiocese Supports Move To Ban Marriage Equality

Washington DC’s Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl (seen here kissing Emperor Palpatine’s ring) has issued a press release supporting Harry Jackson’s attempt to put a ban on same-sex marriage on the ballot. The Archdiocese of Washington today submitted a letter to the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics in support of the “Marriage Initiative of 2009.” The initiative, filed …

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DC: Bishop Harry Jackson: Health Care Reform Is Racist

Emboldened by his recent high profile as DC’s most angry homo hater, Bishop Harry Jackson is taking aim at health care reform, saying it’s “reverse classist” (huh?) and racist. I don’t know who the woman with the terrible wig is, but dig her giving Jackson those Nancy Reagan eyes.

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The Bi$hop Want$ Ca$h

Washington DC began recognizing same-sex marriages from other jurisdictions on Tuesday after ruling that the issue could not be put to a public vote as it would violate its 1995 Human Rights Act. Undeterred by reality, Bishop Harry Jackson is asking for donations to register a ballot measure for the November election. From Christianist news site One News Now: “The …

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My Latest Follower On Twitter

Welcome to JMG, Bishop Harry. That’s an interesting list of Twitter users you follow.

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Haters Lose, No Vote On DC Marriage

A Washington DC Superior Court has just dismissed the case filed by anti-gay Bishop Harry Jackson and others, clearing the way for the District to begin recognizing same-sex marriages on July 6th. The decision from Judge Judith Retchin to deny a preliminary injunction and grant the city’s motion to dismiss means there will be no referendum on the recognition statute, …

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Challenge Filed To DC Marriage Ruling

Represented by the anti-gay Alliance Defense Fund, Bishop Harry Jackson and his six cohorts have filed a court challenge of Tuesday’s decision by the DC Elections Board that a referendum could not be mounted to challenge the city’s decision to recognize marriages from other jurisdictions. “We are not going to sit by and allow an unelected board of bureaucrats to …

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No Marriage Referendum For DC

The Washington Blade is tweeting that that DC Board of Elections has blocked a voter referendum on marriage equality! UPDATE via HRC Backstory: Moments ago, the D.C. Board of Elections ruled that legislation recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions, passed overwhelmingly last month by the D.C. Council and signed by the mayor, isn’t a proper subject for a public …

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