Tag Archives: Maryland

Reminders

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Great New Maryland Marriage Ad

(Via Good As You)

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Editorial Of The Day

From the Baltimore Sun: The case for Question 6, which would affirm Maryland’s law authorizing same-sex marriage, is simple. It upholds the principle that the law should treat everyone the same. Marriage is both a religious and a civil institution. Churches, synagogues and mosques have always set their own rules about which marriages they recognize, and this law does not …

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The Final Maryland Marriage Poll

A commenter at the Baltimore Sun correctly notes: “The response selections given for Question 6 (Same-sex marriage) are completely wrong. The referendum is either FOR or AGAINST. The word ILLEGAL is inappropriate because the law has already passed to make same-sex marriage LEGAL. This particular poll question is very misleading.” The Sun breaks down the trends: A month ago, the …

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New Pro-Gay Ad From Maryland

(Via Good As You)

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Alveda King: The NAACP And Gay Activists Have Formed An Unholy Alliance

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MARYLAND: Absentee Ballots Missing Page With Marriage Equality Section

JMG reader Mike tips us to this developing story out of Maryland: With two weeks left until the election, the News4 I-Team is uncovering ballot problems in Maryland. We got a tip from a Maryland voter who says his absentee ballot arrived in the mail missing an entire page. That means he couldn’t vote on some of the most talked-about …

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New Maryland Marriage Poll

Among Maryland’s likely voters, this just-released polling breakdown shows that the marriage referendum is fairly evenly split between those who feel “strongly” on both sides of the issue.  Adding in the tepid “somewhats” pulls things more in the right direction, but as we well know, we can never depend on these things. More breakdowns by other categories (age, etc) can …

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TheFour: Stories From Maryland

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Man Funding MD Anti-Marriage Campaign Was Convicted Of Voter Suppression

The Washington Blade reports that Julius Henson, the man funding Maryland’s anti-gay Jump The Broom campaign, spent time in jail earlier this year for a 2010 robo-calling campaign that told Democratic voters that they could stay home from the polls because  gubernatorial candidate Martin O’Malley had already won. The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in May ordered …

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Maryland Marriage Alliance: Gays And Their Supporters Are “Worthy Of Death”

Good As You blogger Jeremy Hooper points us to the below panel discussion hosted by the NOM-affiliated Maryland Marriage Alliance.  Start the clip at the 34-minute mark and listen as the speaker works up to reading scripture calling for the death of gay people AND their supporters. The other panelists nod and exclaim “Preach!”  UPDATE: The man who says “Preach!” …

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Suspended Gallaudet Official Wants Hate Groups To Stop Using Her In Ads

Within days of Gallaudet diversity head Angela McCaskill’s suspension for signing Maryland’s petition to repeal same-sex marriage, her name and image were being used by hate groups as the latest example of homofascism. McCaskill wants them to stop. “No one has the right to decide what my signature meant,” McCaskill said at a news conference. Gallaudet University suspended McCaskill, and …

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$3M For NOM’s Bigotry Mastermind

The Human Rights Campaign on NOM’s bigotry mastermind: Public filings show that he has netted nearly $3 million this year for his work in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina, and Washington State. The profits go to Schubert’s company, Mission Public Affairs.  Schubert collected $958,594 for his anti-equality work in North Carolina earlier this year. In the four marriage ballot states, …

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FRC Latest Martyr: Gallaudet Diversity Head Angela McCaskill

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Maryland Haters: We Won’t Be Intimidated By People Who Calls Us Maryland Haters

UPDATE: Earlier today I tipped Friendly Atheist blogger Hemant Mehta that his face appears in the above ad. He responds here.

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Go Ahead, Finish NOM’s Sentence

(Tipped by JMG reader Peter)

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MARYLAND: New Anti-Gay Marriage Ad Uses Gallaudet Controversy

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Tolerant & Loving?

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Julian Bond For Maryland Marriage

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Paul Singer Gives $250K To MD Marriage

Hedge fund mogul Paul Singer has donated $250K to Marylanders for Marriage Equality.   HRC reacts via press release: “Paul’s leadership on marriage equality continues to amaze and sets an example for other fair-minded members of the Republican Party,” said Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign, a founder of Marylanders for Marriage Equality. “His investment in the equality and …

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