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Same-sex marriage opponents set to turn in first petitions
Church-led activists hoping to repeal Maryland's same-sex marriage law plan to deliver the first batch of petitions ahead of schedule this week, and they say the number of signatures will far exceed the mark. The question is: By how much? There's little...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Gay Rights, Gays and Lesbians, Laws, Judges
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'We still have to fight. So for God's sake, fight.'
The greatest commencement address ever is now more than three decades old. And it's safe to say it will never be surpassed or even equaled. It belongs to the ages. In 1979, its author summed up the condition of modern man by noting that, quote, more than...
Tags: David Simon, Racism, Berlin Wall's Fall (1989), Sociology, Culture
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Columbia woman pursues discrimination complaint against Long & Foster
A Columbia woman who participates in the government-funded Housing Choice Voucher Program has filed a discrimination complaint against a major real estate company after she was denied the opportunity to rent a Columbia townhouse last year. Shervon...Tags: Rentals, Realty, Real Estate Agents, Discrimination, Human Rights
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The word 'marriage' matters
In regard to the issue of same-sex marriage, there are really only two defining aspects to the core discussion, and which of these two you choose to focus upon will ultimately determine your final position, regardless of religious or political...Tags: International Law, Family, Same-Sex Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Lawyers
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Delegate says focus shouldn't be on his 'black youth mobs' comment, but on city violence
State Del. Pat McDonough, who stirred controversy this week when he said "roving mobs of black youth" terrorize Baltimore, shrugged off criticism Friday that he is using shock tactics to raise his political profile.
McDonough, a Republican who represents...Tags: Talk Shows (genre), Water Supply, Martin O'Malley, Racism, Employment Opportunities
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Prelate's anti-gay agenda merits more skeptical coverage
Your story on the installation of William E. Lori ("New prelate pledges firmness," May 17) as 16th archbishop of Baltimore reveals a religious bias that flies in the face of fair and unbiased reporting. You tout Mr. Lori's anti-gay bigotry as if it is, at...Tags: Minority Groups
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Editing and etiquette
ThI have been brooding for the past week over a part of a comment at the Language Log post "A half century of usage denialism," in which Deniz Rudin writes: "Descriptivism is an investigatory approach to the formal study of language, and it is...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Bars and Clubs, American Civil Liberties Union
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BWI airport becomes art gallery to celebrate human rights
Some of the bravest people in the world can be found at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport.
Vaclav Havel of the Czech Republic. Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa. The Dalai Lama.
These and many other figures are featured in a photo exhibit organized to...Tags: Robert F. Kennedy, Arts, Desmond Tutu, Anne Arundel County, U.S. Air Force
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NAACP votes to support same-sex marriage
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, one of the nation's oldest civil rights organizations, is officially supporting marriage for same-sex couples. The 103-year-old organization's resolution may help garner support for gay...Tags: Human Rights Campaign, NAACP, Minority Groups, Family, Same-Sex Marriage
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Rev. Marion Bascom, civil rights activist and pastor, dies
The Rev. Marion C. Bascom, a leading Baltimore civil rights activist remembered for his lifetime quest for social justice, died of a heart attack Thursday at the University of Maryland Medical Center. He was 87 and lived in Reservoir Hill.
"A giant has...Tags: Heart Attack, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Hospitals and Clinics, Pikesville, Howard University
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Another boost for same-sex marriage
How ironic that a divorce will be remembered for strengthening the rights of all Marylanders to be married regardless of sexual orientation. With its slam-dunk 7-0 opinion issued Friday in the matter of two women seeking a divorce, the Maryland Court...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Family, Same-Sex Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Lawyers
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Trayvon Martin's mother to speak at Baltimore mega-church Sunday
The mother of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin will speak Sunday at a Baltimore mega-church about how she's coping with her son's death, according to the church's pastor.
Sybrina Fulton's appearance at Empowerment Temple Church in Northwest...Tags: Washington, DC, George Zimmerman, NAACP, Trayvon Martin, Family
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