Tag Archives: Maryland

“Ex-Gays” File Discrimination Complaint With Department Of Justice

The “ex-gay” crackpots at PFOX have filed a federal discrimination complaint with the Department of Justice and the Department of Education because the Montgomery County, Maryland school board won’t let them advocate for the torture and brainwashing of LGBT students. Via press release: PFOX requests the federal agencies initiate an investigation into the discriminatory practices of Superintendent Starr and the …

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MARYLAND: Anti-Gay State Rep Gets Light Sentence For Two DUI Convictions

You may recall that last year, after he drunkenly crashed his boat, injuring six people (including children), Maryland state Rep. Don Dwyer blamed his alcoholism on being upset about the passage of gay marriage. And he went out and got yet another DUI, this time in his car. You’d think that the sentence for two DUIs would be more than …

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MARYLAND: Anti-Gay State Rep. Don Dwyer Busted Again For Drunk Driving

Last year Maryland state GOP Rep. Don Dwyer was arrested for drunk boating after an accident that seriously injured six people, including four children. Dwyer later declared that he’d become a drunk because gay marriage had been legalized in Maryland. He then vowed to join Alcoholics Anonymous after pleading guilty in that case. Yesterday, he was busted once again for …

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OHIO: Judge Extends Order Protecting Marriage Of Dying Gay Man

Yesterday an Ohio judge extended his order that prevents local authorities from undoing the marriage of a dying gay man who traveled with his partner to marry in Maryland. Judge Timothy Black extended his previous order, set to expire in less than a week, until Dec. 31, which will protect John Arthur and James Obergefell’s marriage as their lawsuit against …

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Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley Speaks On His Potential 2016 Bid For President

While other top Democrats continue to hold their breath while they wait for word from Hillary Clinton, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley this weekend spoke about his own potential 2016 run for president.  Politico reports: “By the end of this year, we’re on course to have a body of work that lays the framework of the candidacy for 2016,” he told …

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Openly Gay State Rep. Heather Mizeur Announces Bid For Maryland Governor

Openly gay Maryland state Rep. Heather Mizeur has announced her 2014 run for governor. The Washington Blade reports: “I’m running for governor because I love this state and I see limitless possibilities on what we can accomplish together,” she told the Washington Blade in an interview before she officially declared her candidacy in an e-mail to supporters. Mizeur cited economic …

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MARYLAND: Baltimore Mayor To Officiate Mass Gay Wedding At Pride Event

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake will officiate at a mass gay wedding ceremony during her city’s gay pride event. The GLBT Community Center of Baltimore and Central Maryland is hosting the annual parade and block party in Mount Vernon and festival at Druid Hill Park — the largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender gathering in the state — on June …

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MARYLAND: Archdiocese Of Baltimore Deacon Busted For Child Pornography

The Archdiocese of Baltimore has issued a statement. Dear Parishioners, Earlier today, the Archdiocese of Baltimore learned that Deacon William Albaugh, 66, was arrested this morning on a charge of possession of child pornography by the Baltimore County Police Department. Albaugh, a permanent deacon assigned to St. Joseph Church in Fullerton, was ordained in 1996 and has spent his entire …

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PhoboQuotable – Peter Sprigg

“A person who believes they are, or wishes to be, the opposite sex from that which is written in the chromosomes of every cell of his or her body, is suffering from a disconnection with an immutable biological reality. The solution to this problem is not actions – up to and including self-mutilating surgery amputating healthy body parts – which …

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Gay Marriage Made Him A Drunk

Maryland GOP state Rep. Don Dwyer says that part of the that reason he was arrested for drunk boating after an accident that injured six people is that he was upset about the passage of same-sex marriage. Dwyer says he felt sold out when Dels. Tiffany Alston, Wade Kach and Bob Costa voted for same-sex marriage, an issue he spent …

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Marylanders Counter-Protest Westboro

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Westboro To Picket Maryland Courthouses

Both pickets are scheduled for tomorrow morning. Embiggen the images for their usual dreary notices.

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Maryland Marriages Begin

Together 35 years, Jim Scales and Bill Tasker were the first to marry early this morning at Baltimore City Hall. Other weddings took place across the state at about the same time.

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Maryland Marriages Begin At Midnight

Maryland’s first same-sex marriages will take place tonight shortly after the first stroke of the new year. The mayor of Baltimore has ordered the opening of City Hall for the ceremonies. “New Years Day will have a new meaning for the hundreds – if not thousands – of couples who will finally have the right to marry the person they …

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Today’s Lie From NOM

As you’d guess, this wedding vendor isn’t being “forced” to do anything.  They aren’t even going out of business, despite Brian Brown’s typical lie. An Annapolis wedding vendor plans to ask Maryland’s General Assembly to give his company and others like him the right to refuse services to gay couples on religious grounds. “The law exempts my minister from doing …

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MD Marriages To Begin January 1st

The Maryland Attorney General says so. Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler said on Thursday same-sex couples can begin to marry in the state on Jan. 1. He wrote in a 19-page opinion that clerks can begin to issue marriage licenses to gays and lesbians as soon as Dec. 6, as long as they don’t take effect until the same-sex marriage …

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Marriage Trade To Boom In New States

The Associated Press reports on the three states about a boom in business due to same-sex weddings. Add the coast of Maine, the banks of the Chesapeake Bay and the shores of Lake Washington to gay wedding destinations. Next month and in January, laws go into effect in Maine, Maryland and Washington that allow same-sex marriage. They’re the first states …

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Alliance Defense Fund Tells Christian Clerks Not To Issue Marriage Licenses

In what may be a rerun of the battles fought in New York state, the anti-gay Alliance Defense Fund is telling Christian clerks in Maryland, Maine, and Washington that they do not have to issue same-sex marriage licenses if they find that offensive. Three new legal memos advise municipal clerks in Maine, county clerks in Maryland and county auditors in …

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Dan Savage Launches Tumblr To Thank The Straight Allies Of Marriage Equality

Dan Savage has launched Straight Up Thanks, a Tumblr site where he invites you to post the photos and stories of our straight allies who were so very important in our unprecedented string of wins last week. WE COULDN’T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEM. We are LGBT people who want to thank the straight people who helped us win marriage …

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When Marriage Starts In MD, WA, ME

AFER has the timeline: Maine December 6 at the earliest. This date may change. The initiative goes into effect 30 days after the governor makes a “public proclamation of the result of the vote,” within 10 days after the result has been determined. Maryland January 1, 2013. This date was included in the original legislation passed by the state’s General …

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