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  • D.C. Attorney General Backs BOEE on Marriage

    By on December 21, 2009

    D.C.'s Office of the Attorney General filed a brief Friday, Dec. 18, responding to a lawsuit brought last month by Bishop Harry Jackson against the...

  • Courting Inequality

    By on November 19, 2009

    As expected, the faction fighting against marriage equality in the District, led by Bishop Harry Jackson of the Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Md., filed...

  • Anti-Gay Effort Rejected

    By on November 18, 2009

    The D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics (BOEE) on Tuesday rejected a proposed voter initiative that sought to define marriage as ''only between a man...

  • Testy and Tearful

    By on October 28, 2009

    Tears, laughter, applause and praise to Jesus Christ filled the walls of the D.C. City Council Chambers Monday afternoon -- and far into the evening...

  • Nickles Hits Initiative

    By on October 7, 2009

    In a letter dated Oct. 5, D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles has advised that a proposed ballot initiative to vote on defining marriage in the...

  • Referendum Wrap-Up

    By on June 17, 2009

    Over the past several weeks, Bishop Harry Jackson, senior pastor at Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Md., has been speaking, rallying and even officiating a...

  • Referendum Rejected

    By on June 14, 2009

    The D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics (DCBOEE) has rejected a proposed referendum that would subject the District's move to recognize same-sex marriages performed in...

  • Nickles Says No

    By on June 10, 2009

    D.C. Attorney General Peter J. Nickles issued an opinion today, June 11, advising the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics to reject a proposed referendum...

  • Referendum Rumble

    By on June 10, 2009

    The D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics this morning, Wednesday, June 10, heard arguments from both sides in a contentious fight regarding recent legislation to...

  • Divine Intervention

    By on June 3, 2009

    When it comes to marriage equality, the conventional wisdom is that God is on the side of those opposed, that homophobic clergy are the rule...

  • Bad Shepherd

    By on May 13, 2009

    ''Every single person who voted for this, they're gone,'' shouted Rev. Anthony Evans, associate pastor of D.C.'s Mount Zion Baptist Church, into a news camera....

  • Marriage Beats Malice

    By on May 6, 2009

    For a few minutes on Tuesday, May 5, the hallway outside the D.C. City Council's chambers, on the fifth floor of the John A. Wilson...

  • Rallying Against Equality

    By on April 29, 2009

    ''There are a lot of issues that we agree on, there are some that we don't agree on, but...we have to say no to same-sex...

  • Rallying Against Equality

    By on April 28, 2009

    ''There are a lot of issues that we agree on, there are some that we don't agree on, but...we have to say no to same-sex...

  • Countering Marriage Equality

    By on April 24, 2009

    A newly formed coalition uniting Hope Christian Church and the High Impact Leadership Coalition (HILC), based in Beltsville and College Park, respectively; the national, D.C.-group,...