All Entries Tagged With: "D.C. Board of Elections & Ethics"
Jubilant gay, lesbian couples begin to wed in D.C.
More than 100 seek marriage license in first hours
Supreme Court rejects request to block D.C. gay marriage law
Roberts says ‘a stay is not warranted’
Couples plan courthouse visits to celebrate D.C. marriage law
Aisha Mills and her domestic partner, Danielle Moodie, plan to mark March 3, the day the District’s same-sex marriage law is scheduled to take effect, by going to the courthouse to apply for a marriage license.
Due to a mandatory three-business-day waiting period, jubilant same-sex couples — some of whom have been in [...]
Judge rejects request for stay on D.C. marriage law
A D.C. Superior Court judge Friday denied a Maryland minister’s request for a temporary injunction to prevent the city’s same-sex marriage law from taking effect March 3.
Following a hearing, Judge Brian Holeman issued a preliminary ruling from the bench saying he did not have authority to block a law approved by the city government and [...]
Church groups are biggest donors to D.C. marriage ban effort
Two religious groups linked to Bishop Harry Jackson’s church in Beltsville, Md., have provided more than $102,000 in contributions to his campaign to ban same-sex marriage in D.C.
Contributions from the High Impact Leadership Coalition and Christian Hope Ministries-High Impact comprise slightly more than half of the $199,530 raised as of Jan. 31 [...]
D.C. should elect its attorney general
The District needs an independent attorney general responsible to the people and not answerable to the mayor. I have been privy to previous administrations’ discussions when they tried to recruit and vet a person for the position that used to be called the Corporation Counsel. We have since changed the name of that position to [...]
Congressman moves to block D.C. gay marriage bill
A Republican congressman from Utah introduced a resolution of disapproval Wednesday to overturn D.C.’s same-sex marriage bill, which is undergoing a required congressional review of 30 legislative days.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) said he expects the Democratic controlled Congress to block his resolution, but believes it would serve as a “symbolic” gesture for lawmakers who oppose [...]
D.C. judge rejects ballot measure on gay marriage
Opponents of same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia lost their second court challenge in less than a year Thursday when a Superior Court judge ruled that a voter initiative seeking to ban such marriages cannot be placed on the ballot.
Judge Judith Macaluso ruled that the D.C. Board of Elections & Ethics acted properly in [...]
Two more D.C. ballot measures proposed to ban same-sex marriage
Gay marriage opponents have filed papers with the city’s election board proposing two more ballot measures to overturn a same-sex marriage law the D.C. City Council passed and Mayor Adrian Fenty signed in December.
Bishop Harry Jackson, the Beltsville, Md., minister who is leading efforts to oppose same-sex marriage in the District, filed papers Wednesday calling [...]
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