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Bishop Harry Jackson Backs Out Of Same-Sex Marriage Debate | Bishop Harry Jackson, a staunch opponent of marriage equality in the Maryland and DC area, was scheduled to debate Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver (D) on same-sex marriage  at Howard University last night. Despite having been confirmed since May, he backed out at the last minute on Tuesday, claiming that “other people” might have made the debate unbalanced and he was also “concerned that it was being held at Howard,” because he perceives the historically black university to be a liberal institution. Without explaining the supposed scheduling conflict, Jackson said simply that he “never backs away from a fight,” and he’s still open to the debate “under the right conditions,” whatever those might be.