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“Let the people vote! Let the people vote!”

This was the cry at Tuesday’s forceful rally organized by the Stand for Marriage Coalition, (SFMC), and the High Impact Leadership Coalition, (HILC).

A group of D.C. pastors, civic and community leaders, their followers, and D.C. residents converged on the D.C. Court of Appeals for a hearing requesting that a referendum be approved to allow D.C. residents an opportunity to vote on the issue of the legalization of same-sex marriage.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti --A Haiti judge dropped kidnapping and criminal association charges against jailed Baptist volunteer Laura Silsby and nine others Monday but ordered Silsby to face trial on another charge, meaning she will remain in prison.

CNN reported that Judge Bernard Saint-Vil ordered Silsby to face trial on an "arranging irregular travel" charge, which carries a sentence for those convicted of six months to three years in prison.