This morning, Washington D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty will sign the marriage equality bill approved by the D.C. Council earlier this week. He'll do so in a church:
"Mayor Adrian M. Fenty will sign legislation Friday to legalize same-sexmarriage in the District at a bill-signing ceremony so historic thathis staff scrambled to find the perfect location Thursday. Would it be All Souls Unitarian Church, a Northwest house of worshipknown for its diversity, liberalism and welcoming of same-sex couples?Would it be Covenant Baptist Church, a predominantly black church inSouthwest where husband-and-wife team of Dennis and Christine Wileyserve as co-pastors and support gay marriage? Or would it be a secularsite? Late in the day, Katie Loughary, executive director at All Souls,said it appeared that Covenant was winning. 'We're disappointed, yes,'she said. 'But we're excited that it's happening.' But the letdown was turned around when the Rev. Robert Hardies, AllSouls' senior pastor, said that he had been contacted by the mayor'soffice and told that his church would be the spot."
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