IE not displaying two consecutive <br /> tags?

[evilregis]

Has anyone run into this before?

This is the second time I've found this. I think I just never completed the project I was working on last time, hence my not having a solution now.

The problem:

I am muckin' around with a blogging script (serendipity). I have NL2BR turned on (replaces new lines with <br /> tags) so that no one has to mark up their posts.

Problem is IE (if you can believe it) doesn't seem too keen on displaying two consecutive <br /> tags. It will give me one line break then starts the next line there, directly below the previous line with no space.

Where I start to pull my hair out is IE *WILL* put the space in if i insert THREE <br />'s.

Anyone have a clue what's going on here? URL: www.evilregis.com

Thanks!