Photo by Kevin H. 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…

Photo by Kevin H. 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. Last week, D.C. Council members David Catania (I-At Large) and Phil Mendelson (D-At Large) sent a letter to Washington Archbishop Donald Wuerl proposing that the church follow the lead of Georgetown University in offering benefits to spouses or “legally domiciled adults.” The…