Maryland

Two New Hampshire legislators have introduced bills to repeal the state’s marriage equality law, even though Republican leaders said that such a repeal is not a party priority in 2011. And several other states saw legislative moves toward or away from equality in the past week. [ Read more → ]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Maryland lawmakers are making good on their promise to introduce marriage equality bill in the state legislature this year, and advocates are optimistic that Maryland will soon become the sixth state to legalize same-sex unions. [ Read more → ]

2011 will likely see a number of battles state by state across the country. Three states plus the District of Columbia are facing the prospect of losing marriage equality, an additional seven states could start the process of amending their state constitutions to ban marriage equality, five could gain marriage equality. [ Read more → ]

Maryland is poised to become the sixth state to legalize same-sex marriage as majority leaders in both chambers of the state legislature plan to introduce gay marriage legislation this session. [ Read more → ]

[caption id="attachment_7576" align="alignleft" width="342" caption="Fred Phelps"][/caption] The father of a U.S. Marine killed in Iraq has been ordered to pay $16,510 to a family that protested his son's funeral in Maryland. Albert Snyder sued members of the Westboro Baptist Church because they waved signs saying... [ Read more → ]

Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler released a long-awaited opinion Wednesday saying that Maryland should recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states, drawing cheers from gay-rights supporters and igniting immediate debate on a highly contentious issue in an election year. From the Baltimore Sun: With... [ Read more → ]

Members of a Maryland House Judiciary committee on Wednesday shot down a bill that would prohibit Maryland from recognizing gay marriages validated by other states or countries. Without discussion or debate, the committee soundly defeated the Same Sex Marriages - Foreign Jurisdictions - Invalidity Act... [ Read more → ]

As LGBT advocates around the country are planning candlelight vigils in memory of Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado — the 19-year-old boy who was burned, dismembered and decapitated last week in Puerto Rico — word comes out of Baltimore about another murdered gay teen. Jason Mattison... [ Read more → ]