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Barry declares himself 'moral leader' at anti-gay DC protest.

More here in the Post on Barry's opposition. And more from 365Gay. Quoting the last:

The former Washington D.C. mayor attended an anti gay marriage rally to announce that Adam and Steve nuptials are immoral. Okay. Fine. Get in line Mr. Barry. Heck, you can join some folk in my family who spout similar noise. Like Barry those same kin have interesting extracurricular lives, but I digress.

However, on April 7 Barry, who is a member of the District’s City Council (don’t even get me started on that), was a co-introducer of legislation that would permit the District to recognize same sex marriages from other states and counties. He wasn’t there when the vote was taken (health problems), but his John Hancock was on the document. When reminded of this, the Barry said:

“I didn’t sign anything.”

Hold on because the [redacted] mess gets even [redacted] better. Approximately a year ago during a campaign (!), Barry told the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, a D.C. gay political group, he supported marriage equality.

We are all adults and I understand if a pol senses a shift in the political winds (morning Sen. Arlen Specter), but Barry plays us all for fools because he thinks no one will remember his past words. Any politician who thinks voters are saps needs to be shown the door at the next election. But this is Barry we are talking about....

365Gay's summary of events is what I recall, also. Do not trust Marion Barry from one second to the next, from the capital letter starting a sentence to the period at the end. He certainly did know what he was doing; he just wants to be in the limelight, and if he can do it by voting and then supposedly being confused about an issue on which he is on the record as both supporting and opposing, then he'll do it. He figures that if his name's in the paper for anything, it's a good thing. This is what he's been doing for well over 30 years.