DC votes to allow gay marriage, but issue not settled
The Christian Science Monitor - Wed Dec 2, 2:03 pm ETDC councilors voted Tuesday on the gay-marriage measure, but another vote will take place in the coming weeks. Congress could also intervene.
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DC councilors voted Tuesday on the gay-marriage measure, but another vote will take place in the coming weeks. Congress could also intervene.
Advocates of gay marriage moved away from a strategy of incremental change, but the gamble has not paid off.
Buoyed by judicial decisions, advocates of gay marriage argued to move away from a strategy of incremental change, but the gamble has not paid off.
WASHINGTON (BP)--More than 400,000 residents of the nation's capital are eligible to exercise their right to vote -- but not on marriage.
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WASHINGTON (BP)--The District of Columbia Council voted 11-2 to legalize "same-sex marriage" Dec. 1, putting the capital in position to become the sixth U.S. jurisdiction to approve such unions.
Photo by NCinDC No big surprises in the first D.C. Council vote on legalizing same-sex marriage: the Council today voted 11-2 to approve the "Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act of 2009," with Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) and Yvette Alexander (D-Ward 7) the only dissenters. The historic legislation still needs to pass a second vote in the Council in the next month, at which ...
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The D.C. Council voted Tuesday to legalize same-sex marriage in the District, as the city moves quickly to join five states in allowing gay couples to marry.