Rev. Anthony Evans It’s admittedly hard to keep track of all the various hearings on possible same-sex marriage ballot measures that have been filed with the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics, so you’d be forgiven if you didn’t know there had been another one last week. Luckily, DC...

Photo by Fredo Alvarez It’s like Groundhog Day, but with same-sex marriage in the balance. As GLAA Forum and D.C. Wire noted, today the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics held another hearing on another proposed ballot measure on same-sex marriage in the District. This referendum would allow District...

DCist’s highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. Menachem and Fred This Wednesday is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, in commemoration of the date that Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp...

Photo by Tracy Clayton A judge has once again ruled against Bishop Harry Jackson in his quest to put same-sex marriage on the District’s ballot. In a decision handed down by Superior Court Judge Judith Macaluso Thursday, the court found that the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics had properly...

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Ut.) Via the Salt Lake Tribune, the AP is reporting that Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Ut.) is planning on introducing legislation that would put same-sex marriage on the D.C. ballot. This isn’t much of a surprise. Chaffetz has long warned that he’d try just about anything...

Photo by Mr. T in DC Today the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics set a hearing date for an initiative proposed by a Ward 8 resident that would limit marriage in the District to heterosexual couples. The initiative simply reads, “Marriage is the legally recognized union between one man and one...

Photo by imgoph Unless you’re a school teacher in parts of Virginia and Maryland, last night’s passing snow storm wasn’t enough to make for a day at home. And even for those Maryland and Virginia school teachers, it’s not so much a snow day as it is two-hour delays . D.C. Taxicab...

Photo by jsmjr Ahhhh. With D.C.’s same-sex marriage law now before Congress for a cursory 30-day review, we can all sit back and wait for the happy couples to exchange vows, right? Maybe not so much. This week has seen a flurry of activity in the ongoing battle for marriage equality in the District....

Photo by brianmka Good morning, Washington. As expected, Bob McDonnell thoroughly defeated Creigh Deeds in yesterday’s race for the Virginia governor’s office. Conservatives’ efforts did well nationwide in general , in fact, with the exception of the tumultuous NY-23 race. Experts...

Photo by M.V. Jantzen Legislation legalizing same-sex marriage in the District is going to pass, and no one is more aware of that fact than its opponents. Seeing that they’ve got little chance of swinging any votes on the D.C. Council, they’ve instead announced an offensive that will include...