DC: “Time to tie the knot”

Metro Weekly: “As D.C. enters its second month of same-sex couples being able to obtain marriage licenses, some wonder if – as with California and Maine – this apparent equality might be short lived . . . the D.C. Court of Appeals hears oral arguments at 10 a.m., May 4, in Rev. Harry Jackson’s lawsuit attempting to hold an initiative vote on marriage equality in the District. Jackson’s lawyers with the Alliance Defense Fund were unsuccessful in their attempts – all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court – to halt the marriage law from taking effect until a referendum could be held, but the case seeking an initiative remains.”