Gay Activists, Black Ministers Seek Common Ground

(Multimedia) When the District of Columbia city council voted 12-1 recently to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions, a raucous protest led by African-American ministers erupted in the hallway outside council chambers....Watching the commotion was the Rev. Robert Hardies, who happened to be in City Hall on another matter when the ministers stormed the corridor.

"I was heartbroken," says Hardies, a gay man who is senior minister at the ... Full Story »