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Moments ago the Maryland Senate approved its marriage equality bill by a vote of 25-21. The bill now moves to the Democrat-heavy House of Delegates where it is expected to pass easily before landing on the gay-friendly governor’s desk. We’re almost there, kiddos! Follow along on Twitter at the hashtag #Marryland. UPDATE: A reader emails to note that despite some …

Maryland’s marriage equality bill survived a number of amendment attempts today to pass 25-22 in a preliminary vote in the Senate. The final vote will take place tomorrow. The Washington Post reports: Measures were defeated that sought to allow religiously affiliated adoption agencies to refuse services to same-sex couples, to allow clerks of courts to refuse to conduct marriages based …

Maryland’s marriage equality bill was just introduced in the state Senate after passing out of committee yesterday by a 7-4 vote. The bill expected to barely squeak by later this week.

Eagle-eyed Jeremy Hooper at Good As You notes that NOM has registered the above domain, presumably as part of Prop 8-style petition drive to repeal marriage equality in Maryland, should that come to pass.

“To me, it’s amazing, given the array of forces pushing for gay marriage and the weak response of most conservative politicians, that the American people have stubbornly dug in their heels on this question: Are two men in a union a marriage? The answer is ‘no,’ and people really do know it. Marriage is the union of husband and wife …

So says Robert Broadus of Protect Marriage Maryland, whom you may recall for his map of the United States which designates the states that are most defying of God for their laws on same-sex relationships. On the upside, the off switch on a robot husband could be quite handy. (Via – Good As You)

Brown predicts that Maryland will see legalized same-sex marriage sometime in April. And check out how openly gay MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts closes out this interview.

One Maryland state Senator says he may have changed his mind after hearing the testimony of Maggie Gallagher and other anti-gays yesterday. But not in the direction intended. Baltimore County Sen. James Brochin found the testimony Tuesday by opponents of gay marriage “troubling,” and said this morning that he may support the bill. The Baltimore County Democrat had previously said …

NOM’s Maggie Gallagher and the Family Research Council’s Peter “Export Gays” Sprigg repped the hate groups at yesterday’s marriage debate before the Maryland legislature.

“Opposite-sex relationships are the only type capable of producing children through natural intercourse and the only ones assured of providing children with both a mother and a father. Affirming only opposite-sex relationships as ‘marriage’ thus makes perfect sense. But affirming same-sex relationships as ‘marriages’ makes no sense. These relationships are incapable of producing children through their sexual union. “And while …

A just-released poll reveals that a slim majority of Maryland residents now support same-sex marriage. According to Annapolis-based pollster Gonzales Research, 51 percent of Maryland residents support gay marriage. Endorsements break down along party lines, with 65 percent of Democrats and 52 percent of independents favoring same-sex marriage, while only 24 percent of Republicans back the concept. The poll has …

The NOM-affiliated Protect Marriage Maryland provides the above map to the nation’s hotspots of “God-defying homosexual activists.” (Via – Good As You)

Yesterday lawmakers in Maryland introduced a marriage equality bill. Maryland’s gay-marriage bill, HB 55, was introduced by Delegate Luis Simmons and 16 co-sponsors. The Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act uses the same language as previous bills – establishing that a marriage between “two individuals” who are otherwise permitted to marry would be “valid in the state.” The bill …

Maryland state Sen. Allen Kittleman has announced that he will step down as GOP minority leader over criticism he’s received for sponsoring a civil unions bill. The decision by Sen. Allan H. Kittleman (R-Howard County) came two weeks after he announced plans to sponsor legislation allowing civil unions in Maryland for both same-sex and heterosexual couples. Kittleman’s position put him …

The Baltimore Sun reports that a vote on same-sex marriage will likely be put to the Maryland legislature before the end of the year. In the march toward equal rights for gays and lesbians in Maryland, small things can make a big difference. A couple of Republican state senators were replaced by Democrats, giving the majority party an extra seat …

It’s rather a mild message as these things go, but the Archdiocese of Baltimore has launched an ad campaign to “promote marriage.” Maryland is at the top of the list of states where same-sex marriage may next be a reality. (Tipped by JMG reader Dominic)