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  • Cruel Countdown

    By on July 15, 2009

    One way to look at bi-national couples, couples of differing nationalities, is as a booming business. Enter ''mail order brides'' into nearly any search engine...

  • 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...

  • Marriage Matters

    By on May 20, 2009

    The setting was nearly divine, as marriage-equality activists gathered in a hall of All Souls Church, Unitarian, in Columbia Heights. The sky turned to twilight...

  • 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....

  • Mayor Signs for Marriage

    By on May 6, 2009

    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,...

  • Nuptial Know-How

    By on May 6, 2009

    Planning a wedding can be expensive and nerve-wracking. And if you've decided to tie the knot with your other half and you just happen to...

  • 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...

  • Storefront Stand

    By on April 29, 2009

    If Brad Allison was a bully, he'd be one to hide from. At an inch shy of 6 feet, weighing in at 240 pounds, and...

  • 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,...