All Entries Tagged With: "Equality Maryland"
Marriage law prompts gay Md. couple to move to D.C.
Gansler opinion not enough to keep Silver Spring pair from selling house
As D.C. celebrates, Md. girds for fight
There’s been much hard earned celebrating in D.C. this week, as the first same-sex couples obtained marriage license applications. The first wedding ceremonies are scheduled to be held next Tuesday.
This was a long and hard road, with the groundwork laid decades ago, election by election, until a supportive Council, mayor and electorate were [...]
What’s next in Maryland?
Equality Maryland held a rally and impromptu reception in Baltimore on Wednesday to celebrate Attorney General Douglas Gansler’s opinion that the state may recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages.
The operative word is “may.”
After the celebrations and euphoric press releases have stopped, it’s back to reality for Maryland’s same-sex couples, who have grown accustomed [...]
Catania joins Equality Maryland rally
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Following back-to-back blizzards earlier in the month, Equality Maryland held a rescheduled Lobby Day on Feb. 22. Several hundred supporters gathered at an indoor rally in St. Anne’s Parish in Annapolis prior to meeting with individual lawmakers from around the state to discuss key LGBT-related legislative priorities.
The new indoor venue [...]
Md. may recognize out-of-state gay marriages
Attorney general issues opinion as D.C. couples prepare to wed
Equality Maryland reschedules lobby day
Equality Maryland has rescheduled its annual lobby day activities in Annapolis for Monday, Feb. 22.
In an announcement sent to the organization’s supporters, Equality Maryland Executive Director Morgan Meneses-Sheets said the record-breaking snowfall triggered postponement of the Feb. 8 event. But she noted the lobby day was being rescheduled quickly to maintain momentum.
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Social Agenda of Feb. 5
Friday, Feb. 5
Gay organist Charles Miller plays a recital today at 12:15 p.m. at his church, National City Christian Church in Thomas Circle. He’ll perform works by J.S. Bach, Louis Vierne, Pietro Mascagni and David N. Johnson as part of a weekly concert organ series dubbed “Magical, Mystical, Musical Machine,” which resumes today and runs [...]
Marylanders support marriage rights
For the first time, a poll has revealed that more Marylanders support same-sex marriage than oppose, 47 percent to 44 percent, and more than half would vote to keep such unions if they became legal.
The Greenberg Research poll of 960 voters commissioned by Equality Maryland also found significant gains in feelings toward “gays and lesbians” compared [...]
Unfinished business as lawmakers prepare to convene
In the two and a half months since her appointment, Morgan Meneses-Sheets, the new executive director of Equality Maryland, has been visiting cities and towns across the state and introducing herself to the LGBT community.
Now, as the 2010 Maryland legislative session approaches — with significant unfinished business as it relates to LGBT issues — the [...]
Md. retains gender change option for driver’s licenses
Equality Maryland is welcoming the Maryland Vehicle Administration’s decision to retain — at least for now — its existing system for changing gender markers on driver’s licenses.
The department was considering revising its policy so that amended birth certificates were required to initiate the license update. But in an e-mail to Equality Maryland, the MVA said [...]
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