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Maryland will join seven states and the District in allowing same-sex marriage, ending a year-long drama in Annapolis over the legislation and expanding nationwide momentum for gay rights.
The Senate passed the measure by a vote of 25 to 22 Thursday night, and Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) has vowed to sign it into law.
To win some of the final votes needed for passage in the House of Delegates last week, backers agreed to conditions that could help opponents place the new law on the November ballot. With polls showing the Maryland electorate almost evenly split on the issue, a referendum all but promises another contentious battle before the issue is settled in the state.
Ministers of several African American megachurches in Prince George’s County as well as conservative and Catholic groups have vowed to help repeal the measure.
Maryland Senate passes same-sex marriage bill - The Washington Post
Ministers of several African American megachurches in Prince George’s County as well as conservative and Catholic groups have vowed to help repeal the measure.
hell yeah.
It is still you the people, right (I can't say we because I am not an American).
In the Netherlands gays have had the right to marry for 10 years, here the church has little or no say in it because in the Netherlands church/religious weddings and the actual wedding are 2 totally different things. You have to be married in city hall (by a civil servant) before you can (if you want because only the city hall wedding is actually a legal wedding ceremony) marry in church/temple/mosque.
And if people say civilisation is going to collapse etc. are wrong, we are still going strong as ever.
The problem here is that some people can't seem to grasp that just because the preacher who performs your wedding ceremony can legally sign your marriage license, as a matter of convenience so that we don't have to pay a lot of government employees to do it for every single couple, doesn't make the civil marriage license a religious thing.
Another victory for the rights of our Gay and Lesbian, brothers and sisters.
Inch by inch, state by state, country by country we must continue the fight until equal rights are granted.
I'm happy that this happened, but the battle is far from over in Maryland. The deal the legislature reached involves putting the measure on the ballot in November for referendum.
Voting on someone's civil rights just does not make sense to me.
I agree completely - however, on the other hand, if these decisions only come from court rulings, people will complain about it being undemocratic, it being an example of government tyranny, and lacking legitimacy.
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