All posts tagged "dc city council"
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LCR Backs Mara
D.C.'s LGBT Republicans, as represented by the local chapter of Log Cabin Republicans, may not enjoy quite as much influence as their Democratic counterparts, the...
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Musical Chairs
When he assumes the role of mayor next month D.C. City Council Chairman Vince Gray (D) will be handing his council seat to Councilmember Kwame...
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Back-n-Forth Budget
The D.C. City Council relieved some concern last week for HIV/AIDS organizations receiving city funding by voting to restore budget cuts proposed by outgoing Mayor...
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Looking Locally
In the District of Columbia – a vastly Democratic jurisdiction – the real excitement is September's Democratic primary. When Vincent Gray secured the party's nomination...
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Marriage Opponents' Appeal
Although no judges, thus far, have accepted the arguments made by opponents of marriage equality in D.C. that they should be able to go forward...
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Marriage Nears the Finish Line
The passage of the marriage equality bill by D.C. City Council on December 15 and signing of the bill by Mayor Adrian Fenty later that...
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Calling All Priests
Some times one simply has to say, ''Enough.'' For Phil Attey, that time came in the aftermath of the recent decision by Maine voters to...
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Courting Inequality
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...
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Opinion: Should a Publicly-Funded Charity Serve the Public?
If you receive public funds, should you have to serve the public? That is the question the Catholic Church is now asking itself. It seeks...
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Catholic stink pits religion against equal treatment of DC’s gay families, and the distribution of taxpayer dollars [video]
”The legal recognition of same-sex unions poses a multifaceted threat to the very fabric of society, striking at the source from which society and culture...
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Anti-Gay Effort Rejected
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...
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Testy and Tearful
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...
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Elections, Ethics and Arguments
There were two fronts in the fight for marriage equality Monday, and strategists sent their forces where they would likely have the most impact. Where...
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Political Split
Four months after being fired from his post as the director of the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation -- the highest openly gay appointee...
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Citizen Legislator
Bob Summersgill From childhood, when his father took him to Cape Canaveral to watch the last manned moon launch in 1972, to college when he...
