David Catania
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David Catania is a politician from Washington, DC, the capital of the United States. He is currently a member of the Washington, DC City Council, where he serves as a independent, elected at-large (i.e. not from any specific ward or district of the city).
Catania was born in Missouri, and attended Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. He was elected to the Council in a special election in 1997, and was elected to full terms in 1998 and 2002. Catania was one of a small number of openly homosexual Republican office-holders; this led to a conflict within his party, when President George W. Bush spoke in favor of an amendment to the United States Constitution which would ban same-sex marriage. Catania opposed the amendment, and has since stated that he opposes President Bush's reelection; this led to his being de-certified as a delegate to the 2004 Republican National Convention. In late September 2004, Catania left the Republican Party and became an independent, citing his displeasure with the direction the party was going.