Friday, November 9, 2012
Annapolis supported the president and the DREAM Act even though both lost in Anne Arundel County.
Annapolis voters broke with Anne Arundel County to support President Barack Obama and the DREAM Act, according to complete but unofficial results from the Anne Arundel County Board of Elections. Annapolitans also supported same-sex marriage and keeping the Congressional district lines as drawn in greater percentages than the county. Question 4 (DREAM Act)—Annapolis voted to keep the DREAM Act, which provides in-state tuition at state colleges for certain undocumented immigrants, 58 to 42 percent. It contrast, Anne Arundel County rejected the idea with 51 percent of people voting against Question 4. The measure also passed in Maryland 58 to 42 percent. The law enjoyed its greatest support in Annapolis from voters at the Eastport Community …
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
A photo of the first couple on a board about a marriage seminar appeared to some Annapolis voters as subtle electioneering against same-sex marriage.
Election judges at an Annapolis polling place removed a photo that appeared to imply that President Barack Obama advocated against same-sex marriage on Tuesday. The picture, which appeared to be of the president and first lady Michelle Obama on their wedding day, was stapled to a bulletin board about "the art of marriage" that gets "to the heart of God's design." Maryland voters will decide Question 6 on Tuesday—a yes vote would keep a law passed in February legalizing same-sex marriages. Obama endorsed Maryland's law in October—five months after he came out in support of gay marriage generally, according to The Huffington Post. The bulletin board does not mention same-sex marriage or the referendum. It advertises those who have …
Monday, November 5, 2012
Scott Bowling is a local civil rights activist and was the first openly gay candidate to run for Annapolis City Council in 2009.
I write to you today from a 6th floor room at Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC). On Monday, October 22nd, I was taken by ambulance from my home in Annapolis to Anne Arundel Medical Center. I had passed out, become unresponsive, and was suffering from what Doctors would soon diagnose as a potentially fatal internal blood infection, Septic Shock, and severe Kidney Failure. I was admitted directly to the Critical Care Unit where over the next several days they would stabilize my condition and bring me to a point where I am now preparing to be discharged and continue my recovery at home. In the emergency room, many caring and dedicated Doctors and Nurses cared for me; however, there was one team whose words and level of care I will not soon …
D.W.
5:56 pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012
Pray for yourself, Lisa, you sound insane. more ›