The Washington D.C. Council earlier this month unanimously passed a measure recognizing same-sex marriages (and civil unions) performed in other jurisdictions, and a measure is expected to be introduced later this year to legalize same-sex marriages in the D.C. jurisdiction.
by Michelle Boorstein
Excerpted from The Washington Post
D.C.-area clergy who oppose same-sex unions are forming a coalition, but only time will tell how influential they will be on the vote. Politics-watchers in the District have noted in recent years that local clergy don't have as much political clout on politics in the city as they did in previous years, in part because so many D.C. churchgoers moved to the suburbs. On Sundays, church parking lots are filled with Maryland and Virginia license plates - not D.C. voters.
That said, of course D.C. politics are never truly local, as any bill approved by the Council and mayor must survive a 30-day review by Congress. Congress doesn't typically try to stop locally-passed measures, and are even less likely to now that Congress and the White House are run by Democrats. But it could happen. ... Read the full article here.