Tag Archives: Maryland

Maryland Gov. O’Malley For Marriage

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Bernhard & Waters For TheFour.com

For more on how to help the four states voting on marriage in November, go here.

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MARYLAND: Lawmaker Calls For Sanctions Against NFL Player Over Marriage Support

“I find it inconceivable that one of your players, Mr. Brendon Ayanbadejo would publicly endorse Same-Sex marriage, specifically as a Raven Football player. Many of my constituents and your football supporters are appalled and aghast that a member of the Ravens Football Team would step into this controversial divide and try to sway public opinion one way or the other. …

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New Campaign Launches To Support Marriage Equality In Four States

Those four states, of course, are the ones with the issue on their November ballots. Visit The Four 2012 for information on helping.

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Editorial Of The Day

From the Baltimore Sun: The opponents [of same-sex marriage] are resorting to spurious arguments to convince voters that the law will somehow be unfair to those with objections to gay marriages because they don’t want to face the real question of fairness at stake. Should the law treat people differently because of their sexual orientation? Or should everyone be treated …

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MARYLAND: Anti-Gay Del. Don Dwyer Drunkenly Injures Six In Boat Crash

Maryland police are weighing felony charges against virulently anti-gay state Del. Don Dwyer after he was found to have a blood alcohol level at well more than twice the legal limit when he crashed his boat into another one, seriously injuring six people, including himself. Four of those injured are children. UPDATE: Police say that Dwyer self-reported a blood alcohol …

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MARYLAND: Federal Appeals Court To Rule On “Faith-Based” Fake Abortion Clinics

A federal appeals court has agreed to re-hear a challenge on whether Baltimore can force fake “pregnancy crisis centers” to post signs admitting that they do not perform abortions. Such sham clinics lure in desperate young women all over the country. Once inside “faith counselors” then try to talk women out of having abortions or using birth control. A lower …

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MARYLAND: Activists Cheer Wording Of Marriage Equality Ballot Measure

Marylanders For Marriage Equality are thrilled at the wording and the measure’s title: The Civil Marriage Protection Act. “The wording is accurate and straightforward and will serve as another way to educate voters” said Josh Levin, campaign manager for Marylanders for Marriage Equality. “This referendum is about equality under the law and protecting religious freedom, and we know the more …

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NOM Paid Bishop Harry Jackson $20,000

Documents uncovered by Mother Jones reveal that NOM has made (at least) a $20,000 payment to notorious carpetbagger Bishop Harry Jackson, whom you may recall tried to oppose DC’s marriage law as a city resident even though he actually lives in Maryland. From Mother Jones reporter Adam Serwer: As internal documents released during Maine’s investigation into the group’s finances asserted, …

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MARYLAND: Gay Rights Group Tells Voters To Oppose Putting Gambling On Ballot

The National Gay & Lesbian Task Force has sent a mailer to Maryland voters telling them to oppose placing a vote on casinos on the ballot because anti-gambling forces will turn out at the polls and those voters also oppose marriage equality. Chris Geidner at Buzzfeed: “If the gaming bill is on the ballot, opponents are likely to spend millions …

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Human Rights Campaign Donates $1M To Fight Marriage Referenda In Four States

Politico has the details: The HRC funds, which are being unveiled Monday, are $250,000 apiece for Maine, Washington, Maryland and Minnesota, all of which have ballot measures in November on gay marriage. Officials said there will be more spending coming, and that it makes the total spent by HRC in 2011 and 2012 on marriage-related efforts to $4.8 million. “These …

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14 Point Lead For Maryland Marriage

Press release from Maryland’s marriage activists: Marylanders for Marriage Equality today released a new poll showing voters approve of marriage for loving, committed gay and lesbian couples by a 14-point margin (54% to 40%). The poll was conducted by Hart Research last week. “We continue to have the momentum,” said Josh Levin, campaign manager for Marylanders for Marriage Equality. “Voters …

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You Are A Homo-Terrorist

And Matt Barber follows the lying cue of lying liar Tony Perkins. As I noted yesterday, Maryland’s petitions are BY LAW public record. (Via Good As You)

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Washington Blade Publishes Link To List Of Maryland’s Marriage Petition Signers

The Washington Blade writes: The names of some 110,000 Maryland residents who signed a petition to force the state’s new marriage equality law onto the November ballot are now publicly available online. The Washington Blade obtained a database of the names from the Maryland Board of Elections and posted the names here. The list is searchable and includes names, addresses …

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Baltimore Sun Endorses Marriage

From yesterday’s editorial: Are all Maryland families entitled to the same protections under the law? Are all children, no matter who their parents are, entitled to the same kind of support? We think they should be, if for no other reason than that it’s important for Maryland to be a welcoming place for families of all kinds. The only reason …

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FRC Cheers Maryland Haters

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Haters Make Maryland Ballot

The state of Maryland has certified the marriage equality repeal petitions turned in by a coalition of hate groups. “We’re excited, we’re on the ballot,” said Dereck McCoy, executive director of the Maryland Marriage Alliance, a church-led group pushing to repeal the law. “We’re glad that we were able to have a loud say.” The Maryland Marriage Alliance submitted 162,224 …

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Marylanders For Equal Marriage

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Pity DC

And lots of people still don’t have power. The number of households without power dropped Thursday, but for the half a million people still in the dark after last week’s heat-driven storms, life was just as uncomfortable. The thermometer was still hovering around the 100-degree mark in many places, and it’s not likely to move much until the start of …

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Matt Baume: Marriage News Watch

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