Poll: Should Maryland Legalize Same-Sex Marriage?
O’Malley introduced legislation to make same-sex marriage legal.
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Gov. Martin O’Malley introduced legislation this week that would make same-sex marriage legal in Maryland.
Same-sex marriage was debated in Annapolis last year, but it ended up stalling in the House of Delegates.
This year, O’Malley said “momentum is growing” for same-sex marriage in Maryland, which has endorsements this month that include labor organizations AFL-CIO and SEIU 1199.
Washington, D.C., as well as six other states, have laws allowing same-sex marriage, according to the Baltimore Sun.
“Other states have found a way to do this. We can find a way to do this, too,” O’Malley said during a press conference Tuesday morning, which was posted on YouTube.
The Maryland Catholic Conference of Roman Catholics, as well as the Maryland Marriage Alliance, a group of churches and faith-based organizations, are among those that have mobilized to oppose the legislation.
The Maryland Marriage Alliance is sponsoring a rally in Annapolis at 6 p.m. Jan. 30 entitled “Rally for Marriage!” regarding the proposal. Marylanders for Marriage Equality, a group that supports same-sex marriage, is organizing phone banking sessions on the issue in the region.
Marylanders as a whole continue to be split on their feelings on same-sex marriage.
According to a poll published in January by Gonzales Research & Marketing, based in Arnold, 49 percent surveyed support a law allowing same-sex marriage, while 47 percent oppose it.
Jack Black
9:18 am on Saturday, January 28, 2012
The state of Maryland needs to get out of the business of marriage altogether. Marriage is an institute of religion and spirituality and the state taken over that business is to aggrieve our doctrine of the seperation of church and state. Homosexuality is an abomination to the natural ideals of man and women. Our sick culture has convinced people to do things most animals wouldnt even do. Our culture is not your friend folks, stand up for whats right in your hearts before you lose out on everything that makes us benevolent. The state wants to be your God whether you believe or not does not matter.
Annonymous
5:17 pm on Wednesday, February 22, 2012
I hate how people say "God hates gays." God doesn't hate homosexuals, but he does frown upon that. Marriage is specifically to be between a man and a woman. Also, people are not born gay, they are just convinced into it by peers and bullies. You don't see homosexual children in elementary school. I believe that same sex marriage is morally wrong and that it should not be allowed anywhere.