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Opponents of marriage equality may be persistent, but they’re also persistently getting shot down. On Friday, yet another D.C. Superior Court judge refused to overturn a decision by the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics prohibiting a vote on same-sex marriage. So far, the board has knocked down three attempts to put marriage equality on a District ballot, and just last month a judge agreed with the board’s reasoning that any such vote would violate the D.C. Human Rights Act.

If you thought this decision would be the end of it, think again — not only have same-sex marriage opponents, led by Bishop Harry Jackson, pledged to appeal the most recent court ruling, but the board held another hearing last week on yet another ballot proposal that will also likely get turned down. Jackson has promised to lead a protest this Wednesday at the Capitol Visitors Center to put pressure on Congress to act against the District’s same-sex marriage legislation, which is expected to take effect within weeks. Members in both the House and Senate have introduced resolutions that would force the District to allow a vote on marriage equality, but neither has moved forward.