Photo by Fredo Alvarez It’s like Groundhog Day, but with same-sex marriage in the balance. As GLAA Forum and D.C. Wire noted, today the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics held another hearing on another proposed ballot measure on same-sex marriage in the District. This referendum would allow District voters to decide whether the recently passed law legalizing same-sex marriage should go into effect or not. These hearings are becoming little more than political…

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 flipperman75 The District of Columbia today gained a few more members of Congress who think they know what’s best for our city. A handful of socially conservative House members gathered reporters this afternoon to introduce a bill that would define marriage in D.C. as a “union of one man and one woman,” Politico reports. The effort is designed to signal opposition to recent D.C. Council action that would allow same-sex marriages legally…

Photo by Pappa91 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi told reporters today that she thinks the District of Columbia ought to be able to pass laws legalizing same-sex marriage without Congress sticking its nose in its business. The Hill quotes the Democratic leader as saying D.C. should be treated just like any other jurisdiction on this matter: “I don’t think Congress should intervene, any more than we should intervene when New York did something…

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.) Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Ut.) We’ve learned that the list of witnesses at this morning’s hearing on legislation to grant the District a voting seat in the House just got much more interesting. On top of a predictable panel of supporters including Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), former Virginia congressman Tom Davis and Leadership Conference on Civil Rights President Wade Henderson, two of our favorite foes will argue against it — Rep….