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O'Malley signs same-sex marriage bill
Amid cheers and camera flashes from a crush of onlookers, Gov. Martin O'Malley signed into law Thursday his bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Maryland — legislation that raises his national profile and, advocates say, gives momentum to those...Tags: Civil Rights, Gays and Lesbians, White House, Voting, Michael E. Busch
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A Raven stands up for equality — and free speech
It's been a tough week for Maryland politicians who misspeak badly and then have to correct themselves. First, there was Gov. Martin O'Malley and his lame excuses for his "no" to the "are you better off than four years ago" question while defending...
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O'Malley's map easily wins House approval
A new political map aimed at adding a seventh Democrat to the state's congressional delegation is expected to be sent to Gov. Martin O'Malley Thursday for his signature.
The plan won approval in the Maryland House of Delegates on Wednesday after five...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Michael E. Busch, Roscoe G Bartlett, NAACP, Executive Branch
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Md. Senate approves same-sex marriage
Maryland's Senate passed a landmark measure Thursday evening that would allow same-sex couples to wed, pushing the controversial issue to the House of Delegates, which appears nearly evenly split on the issue.
The Senate voted 25-21 to approve the...Tags: Anne Arundel County, Civil Rights, Gays and Lesbians, Frederick County (Maryland), Michael E. Busch
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Obama could make the difference on gay marriage
![The New York Times reported this weekend that President Barack Obama's views on gay marriage are "evolving" and that there are serious discussions inside the White House about how to handle the shift if he decides to publicly support same-sex unions. The president has a fairly good record on gay rights issues; he successfully pushed for the abolition of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy and has stopped defending the Defense of Marriage Act in the courts. But even as the nation has grown to accept the idea of same-sex marriage, the president has held back, citing his own religious views as the basis for an embrace of civil unions but not of full-fledged marriage.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-06/62623413-20104642.jpg "The New York Times reported this weekend that President Barack Obama's views on gay marriage are "evolving\" and that there are serious discussions inside the White House about how to handle the shift if he decides to publicly support same-sex unions. The president has a fairly good record on gay rights issues; he successfully pushed for the abolition of the military's \"don't ask, don't tell\" policy and has stopped defending the Defense of Marriage Act in the courts. But even as the nation has grown to accept the idea of same-sex marriage, the president has held back, citing his own religious views as the basis for an embrace of civil unions but not of full-fledged marriage.")
The New York Times reported this weekend that President Barack Obama's views on gay marriage are "evolving" and that there are serious discussions inside the White House about how to handle the shift if he decides to publicly support same-sex unions....Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Civil Rights, White House, New York
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