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Same Sex Marriage

Monday, December 17, 2012

Westboro Baptist Church to Picket in Annapolis Jan. 2

The controversial church plans to protest the first day of same sex marriage at the Anne Arundel Circuit Court.

UPDATE: (10:50 a.m.)—The controversial Westboro Baptist Church has announced plans to protest outside of the Anne Arundel Circuit Court on Jan 2.—the first day same-sex couples will be able to wed there. "On that day the court starts committing that abomination that brings the shooter like it did in Connecticut," said Shirley Phelps-Roper, the daughter of the church's founder Fred Phelps. "It isn’t like this is Maryland’s first flip off of God. Maryland has the distinction of being the state that put Westboro Baptist Church on trial." Maryland voters upheld a law legalizing gay marriage on Nov. 6, and couples began obtaining licenses on Dec. 6—the day Gov. Martin O'Malley certified November's elections results. The law takes effect Jan. 1…

Karen Bradley Ehler

4:20 pm on Wednesday, December 19, 2012

A peaceful counter protest to the presence of the WBC is planned in order to drown out the hate and support those going to the courthouse on Jan 2. We will make LOVE LOUDER than hate. For more info, to join, and be informed, go to the FB page: https://www.facebook.com/events/134205716736270/permalink/134979273325581/?notif_t=like   more ›

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Marriage Board, Photo Cause Stir at Polling Place

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 …

D.W.

5:56 pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012

Pray for yourself, Lisa, you sound insane.   more ›

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