On Tuesday, Dec. 9, Rev. Dennis Wiley of Covenant Baptist Church and co-chair of DC's Clergy United for Marriage Equality appeared on Montel Williams' Air America Radio Show "Montel Across America." You can check out the audio here, starting at about the one hour mark.

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D.C. Council members are hardening their opposition to the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington's efforts to change a proposed same-sex marriage law, setting up a political showdown between the city and one of its largest social service providers.

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The fight over a proposed same-sex marriage law here heated up this week as the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said that if the law passed, the church would cut its social service programs that help residents with adoption, homelessness and health care.

"The Catholic Church hierarchy is at a crossroads," said the Rev. Dennis W. Wiley, the co-chairman of Clergy United for Marriage Equality and the pastor of Covenant Baptist Church. "They must decide whether they are in the charity business for charity's sake, or if imposing their will on the D.C. City Council and the citizens of the district is their primary interest."

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D.C. Catholic leaders say forcing the archdiocese to provide adoption services for gay couples, health benefits for gay workers or space for gay events puts at risk services the church gives thousands of poor residents.

D.C. Clergy United for Marriage responded Thursday that the Catholic Church was running a "cynical political ploy" by threatening to "turn their backs on thousands of D.C. Catholics" and other residents.

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Dennis W. Wiley, a straight, black Baptist minister from east of the Anacostia River, and Robert M. Hardies, a gay, white Unitarian minister from Columbia Heights wrote an op-ed piece for The Washington Post in regards to their shared stance on same-sex marriage.

You can read the piece at this link.

Hearings are underway in Washington, D.C., to decide if same-sex marriage should be legal in the nation's capital.

Hundreds of people are stepping up to make their voice heard, including local pastors who are calling on city leaders to leave the issue up to the voters.

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Rev. Rob Hardies and ministers of the Unitarian Universalist Church join members of the congregation to share their personal thoughts on the issue of Marriage Equality and Faith. This radio story was done by WAMU 88.5 (American University Radio) on October 12th, 2009.

The story is accompanied by a beautiful slide-show. Listen to the story and see the slideshow on the WAMU website.

WAMU also aired a feature story on DC Clergy United for Marriage Equality's "A Faith Celebration" at Asbury United Methodist Church on October 29th. Click here to read the feature, or click here to listen to it.

Dr. Irene Munroe, from the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry, Pacific School of Religion discussed growing support for Marriage Equality among faith community leaders on News Channel 8 news talk. You can view this entire video online.

News Channel 8 has an excellent story about the launch of Clergy United for Marriage Equality.  You can see the video or read the story on the News Channel 8 Website.

WASHINGTON - More than 100 pastors and faith leaders voiced their support for same-sex marriage in D.C., standing in stark contrast to protests a month earlier by other pastors.

The pastors, mostly from African American churches, wanted a referendum reversing the D.C. council vote recognizing same-sex unions from other states. The latest protest, pastors from a range of denomination, support same sex marriage and say civil rights should not be put to a vote.

"God is love and love is for everyone," said Rev. Dennis and Christine Wiley, Covenant Baptist Church.

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