Some people just never learn. Like the outspoken Bishop Harry Jackson — who, according to Bruce DePuyt, stands “poised to fight” Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley in 2012 over same sex marriage.

The United States Supreme Court is preparing to rule on a petition brought by indefatigable same-sex marriage opponent Bishop Harry Jackson which argues that the citizens of the District should vote on whether or not such marriages should be legal. The Washington Blade reports that the country’s highest judicial body could render a decision on the case as soon as next Tuesday. Justices are scheduled to conference regarding the case on Friday.

Photo by qbubbles No surprise here, but the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics has gone ahead and rejected the latest referendum petition on the issue of same-sex marriage. This is the third time the board has ruled that a ballot measure on gay marriage will not be allowed. In an 18-page memorandum (download it here), the board concluded that an effort to suspend the implementation of the Civil Marriage Equality Act until it…

Photo by clarissa.stark During his year-long struggle to stop same-sex marriage from becoming law in the District, Bishop Harry Jackson has loudly claimed to speak on behalf of the many District residents he says oppose marriage equality. But as campaign finance documents show, none of those residents seem terribly invested in his cause. GLAA Forum did some digging into the recent campaign finance filings of three organizations created by Jackson, and found that of…

Bishop Harry Jackson is pretty much everywhere when it comes to fighting marriage equality in the District. If he’s not filing (unsuccessful) legal challenges the city for turning down one of his requests for a vote on the definition of marriage, he’s submitting another request for another vote. If he’s not hosting a “National Marriage Summit” on the Hill, he’s penning a letter to Congress outlining the reasons it should force the city to…

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 ruled late last year that such a vote would violate the city’s Human Rights Act. (The full decision can be downloaded here in .PDF.)…

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. On Wednesday, Bishop Harry Jackson and his ilk appeared in D.C. Superior Court to request that the city be forced…

D.C. Council members David Catania (I-At-large), Harry Thomas, Jr. (D-Ward 5), and Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4) celebrated at Long View Gallery Tuesday night. Photo courtesy Renna Communications. In the wake of Tuesday’s D.C. Council vote to legalize same-sex marriage, supporters celebrated while opponents promised war. Hundreds of supporters gathered at the Long View Gallery in Shaw last night to celebrate the victory at a party hosted by the Human Rights Campaign. As activists warmly…

Bishop Harry Jackson at a press conference in September. Photo by JoeinDC After the D.C. Council voted this week to legalize same-sex marriage, Bishop Harry Jackson, the proposal’s most prominent opponent, sounded almost conciliatory in congratulating the District’s gay rights movement for winning the legislative battle. But now Jackson is back to his hard-charging ways, threatening to take the measure to Congress and defeat a number of the council members who voted for the…

The D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics today rejected an initiative petition on the issue of legalizing same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia. The petition was filed by an anti-same-sex marriage coalition led by Bishop Harry Jackson. In an opinion released today, the Board made much the same argument that it did in a previous decision that barred a popular referendum on the matter of recognizing same-sex marriages that are performed legally in…