During the roughly 45 minutes of debate before today's historic same sex marriage vote by the D.C. Council, Phil Mendelson (D-At large) noted that the city had not yet been able to find "mutually agreeable language" to come to an agreement with the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington over the issue. Since the bill was first introduced, the archdiocese has repeatedly threatened that its local social services operations through its Catholic Charities organization might be endangered should the bill pass. more ›

With a D.C. Council vote on same-sex marriage just over a week away, a compromise proposed to assuage concerns expressed by the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington remains uncertain. more ›