All posts tagged "harry jackson"
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Trump’s Easter blessing delivered by anti-gay bishop who compared marriage equality movement to Nazi Germany
Bishop Harry Jackson has called marriage equality a "Satanic plot" and claimed that gay people are trying to "recruit" children
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Across the Threshold
It can sometimes feel a little awkward to celebrate a victory achieved by something not happening. But even though the Supreme Court's decision not to...
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Top Court Declines
For updates to this story, visit Metro Weekly's Poliglot blog.On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court turned down a request by Bishop Harry Jackson and others...
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The Path Down the Aisle
Two weeks before the start of 2010, Mayor Adrian Fenty joined a crowd of about 200 at All Souls Unitarian Church where he signed the...
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Battening the Hatches
If the Republican Party regains control of Congress on Nov. 2, already-stalled pro-gay legislation would be dead — at least barring an uncharacteristically bold lame-duck...
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Dueling Rallies
The good thing about dueling rallies is that, if you choose, you can focus on the one that uplifts you rather than the one that...
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Young Boy Counters Bishop
Brian Brown, the National Organization for Marriage's president, took the stage of a rally scheduled for 2 p.m., on Sunday Aug. 13 with an announcement:...
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A Tale of Two Rallies [video]
On Sunday, Aug. 15, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) brought its ''Summer of Marriage'' bus tour to an end on the east lawn of...
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Harry Jackson revived: Promotes vote on DC gay marriage, ex-gays, “outraged blacks” [video]
”I believe in civil rights, according to Walter Fauntroy, who’s one proponent of our DC marriage bill here that we’re working on, said that housing,...
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DC Court of Appeals Upholds Decision Denying Marriage Initiative
The D.C. Court of Appeals issued its awaited decision in Bishop Harry Jackson’s appeal of the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics’s decision that his...
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NOM's Deep Pockets
The Gay and Lesbian Activist Alliance (GLAA) alerted D.C. voters this week that Robert ''Bob'' King of Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 5A has received a...
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The Legitimacy Lie
March was a heady month in the District of Columbia. The influx of same-sex couples at the marriage bureau boosted applications to six times their...
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Celebrating Victory
It's in my nature to urge caution when it comes to celebrating our political successes. Long experience has taught us that defeat is sometimes snatched...
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Jackson's Last-Minute Effort
Bishop Harry Jackson, along with others opposed to marriage equality coming to Washington, filed a last-minute request at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, March...
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Round-Three Rejection
If the maxim about insanity being defined as repeating the same course of action yet expecting different results has any bearing in truth, the crowd...
