''I can honestly say I'm still at odds with the issue of gay marriage in the District of Columbia -- I still want to learn more about that issue. But I do know one thing, I do know that everybody is equal under God.''

Yvette Alexander, Washington, DC Councilwoman from Ward 7, explaining how her vote in favor of allowing same-sex marriages to be legalized in the District has developed. She is reported to have said that the gay political groups supported her for election despite that fact that she is personally opposed to same-sex marriage. But that the many ministers have joined together to threaten her political future for voting for the bill. The DC Council voted 12-1 to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states, with Marion Barry of Ward 8 being the lone dissenting vote. (The Advocate)