All posts tagged "dc"
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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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Nickles Hits Initiative
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...
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Catania Debuts Marriage-Equality Bill
As promised, Councilmember David Catania (I-At large) today introduced the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act of 2009, seeking to bring marriage equality...
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NOM's New HQ
If you missed the ''Gathering Storm'' ads on TV, there's still a good chance you caught the parody on YouTube. Whichever version you may have...
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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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Meet the Press
It should come as no surprise that one chapter of Kerry Eleveld's life contains a stint as an amateur stand-up comic. Her keen wit, sharp...
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Referendum Rejected
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...
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Nickles Says No
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...
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Mayor Signs for Marriage
Mayor Adrian Fenty signed legislation on Wednesday, May 6, requiring D.C. to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions. Mafara Hobson, Fenty's director of communications,...
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Marriage Beats Malice
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...
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Gay and Gone
It would be hard to argue that Clark Ray, the highest-ranking openly gay member of Mayor Adrian Fenty's administration and its only department head, was...
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Marriage and Money
Michael Crawford has been hearing ''I do'' quite a lot lately. Mainly, it's when he's volunteering as a member of DC For Marriage, asking D.C....
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Marriage Milestone
Same-gender couples married in states or countries where marriage equality is already the law will soon be recognized by the District as legally married, should...
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Council Moves on Marriage
The D.C. City Council voted unanimously this morning in favor of an amendment that aims to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions. The amendment,...
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Emergency Responders
Police remove Larry Bryant from Pennsylvania Avenue (Photo by Todd Franson) As Larry Bryant and Keith Holder, both HIV-positive, lay on Pennsylvania Avenue in front...
