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Same-sex marriage opponents are bigots, not 'activists'
I cannot tell you how disturbing I found the recent article describing the petition against Maryland's same-sex marriage law ("Activists exceed petition target," May 30). The suggestion that a group of people going around the state and collecting...Tags: Discrimination, Minority Groups, Marriage, Family, Same-Sex Marriage
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Outside G-8 summit, few protesters
— A high-profile meeting of world leaders at Camp David drew only sparse protests Friday despite extensive security preparations by local officials. Frederick County closed public schools Friday and police said they felt obligated to "prepare for...Tags: Europe, Camp David, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), NATO Summit, Summits
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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: Bolton Hill, Hospitals and Clinics, Baltimore County, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Howard University
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Feds, police in spat over G-8 summit costs
In a standoff that might require delicate diplomacy to resolve, officials in Western Maryland are pressing the federal government to reconsider its refusal to help pay for local security costs for this week's G-8 summit at Camp David.
Local police say...Tags: Business, Camp David, Italy, International Organizations, Benjamin L. Cardin
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Maryland abortion protest target takes fight to protesters
The fliers first showed up in March, dropped on doorsteps of the big homes in Todd Stave's quiet cul-de-sac. They compared him to a Nazi.
Two months later and 50 miles away, new anti-abortion leaflets appeared in another peaceful suburban subdivision,...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Concerts, Baltimore County, Colleges and Universities, Schools
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Activists call on city to spend $10.2M more on after-school programs, summer jobs
Standing before some 30 activists and Union Square neighbors Saturday in a neon orange T-shirt with the words "I am Baltimore," 16-year-old Antonio Ellis recited a gritty poem about how the city appears through his eyes.
"Born and raised in the city,...Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Bernard C. Young, Labor Markets, Bill Henry, Carl Stokes
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Protesters, police prep for G-8 summit at Camp David
In the little town of Thurmont (population not quite 6,200), the recession has taken a heavy toll on Main Street, but things are picking up as residents prepare for next month's G8 Summit at nearby Camp David. The Cozy Country Inn has been busy booking...Tags: Japan, Italy, International Organizations, Germany, Summits
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Anti-abortion protesters to get settlement in Harford arrests
The Maryland State Police have agreed to pay a $385,000 settlement to nine anti-abortion protesters arrested by Maryland State Troopers four years ago in Harford County. The 18 protesters, two of whom were minors, aged 14 and 17, at the time, were...Tags: Harford County, Lawyers, Maryland State Police, Judges, Prisons
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State trooper wanted protesters to 'rot'
As Maryland State Police disbanded an anti-abortion rally along a crowded road near the center of Bel Air, a sergeant told a colleague that the 18 arrested protesters could "sit in a cell for an hour ... and two or three or four and rot."
The same...Tags: Harford County, Lawyers, Maryland State Police, Bel Air (Allegany, Maryland), Judges
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Abortion protesters rewarded for disruptive behavior
The article "Law, order, free speech" (March 25) prompts this response: What is distressing to this reader is that a group of religious fanatics who oppose abortion are awarded (by a federal Judge) a "settlement" of $385,000 for their despicable behavior....Tags: Abortion, Abortion Issue, Freedom of the Press, Judges, Justice System
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Police arrest four protesters outside Johns Hopkins Hospital
Four protesters were arrested - one of whom was pepper-sprayed - near Johns Hopkins Hospital after police say they refused to follow officers' orders and shoved officers who attempted to disperse them. Anthony Guglielmi, the Police Department's chief...Tags: Police Arrests, Hospitals and Clinics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, East Baltimore Development Inc.
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Freedom of speech goes for abortion protesters, too
I want to thank The Sun for running on page one last Sunday the story about the abortion protesters' arrest in Harford County in 2008 ("State trooper wanted protesters to 'rot,'" March 24). We have many freedoms being eroded daily by misguided police...Tags: Harford County, Abortion, Civil Rights, Abortion Issue, Freedom of the Press
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