midnight marauder
19th September 2007, 20:18
By Kelly Brewington | Sun reporter
10:04 PM EDT, September 18, 2007
Maryland's highest court Tuesday rejected same-sex marriage and upheld the state's 34-year-old statute defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
In a case watched closely around the nation, the Maryland Court of Appeals' 4-3 ruling dealt a blow to gay and lesbian advocates who launched their fight to overturn the state's marriage law three years ago. Tuesday, those advocates pledged to take the battle for marriage to the General Assembly, where two lawmakers have already vowed to sponsor legislation to legalize same-sex marriage.
Opponents of same-sex marriage applauded Tuesday's 240-page decision, calling it a victory for traditional families and noting that most appellate courts in other states have reached similar conclusions. They also promised to mount a legislative effort of their own, vowing an aggressive push to explicitly ban same-sex nuptials in the state Constitution.
full article with much more info here (http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-marriage0918,0,4851030.story)
I just saw this on TV. Pat Robertson was applauding it like a motherfucker, before going on to support higher costs on insurance for homosexuals. Now he's describing the "radical" Muslim "invasion" of nice little American towns (although that's an idea that's not unique to Mr. Robertson, we've all seen it on RevLeft too). Viva la CBN!
10:04 PM EDT, September 18, 2007
Maryland's highest court Tuesday rejected same-sex marriage and upheld the state's 34-year-old statute defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
In a case watched closely around the nation, the Maryland Court of Appeals' 4-3 ruling dealt a blow to gay and lesbian advocates who launched their fight to overturn the state's marriage law three years ago. Tuesday, those advocates pledged to take the battle for marriage to the General Assembly, where two lawmakers have already vowed to sponsor legislation to legalize same-sex marriage.
Opponents of same-sex marriage applauded Tuesday's 240-page decision, calling it a victory for traditional families and noting that most appellate courts in other states have reached similar conclusions. They also promised to mount a legislative effort of their own, vowing an aggressive push to explicitly ban same-sex nuptials in the state Constitution.
full article with much more info here (http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-marriage0918,0,4851030.story)
I just saw this on TV. Pat Robertson was applauding it like a motherfucker, before going on to support higher costs on insurance for homosexuals. Now he's describing the "radical" Muslim "invasion" of nice little American towns (although that's an idea that's not unique to Mr. Robertson, we've all seen it on RevLeft too). Viva la CBN!