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Favor fever: What's the right gift for wedding guests?
I didn’t realize people still handed out favors at weddings until this year. Granted, I hadn’t been to (or in) many weddings before, but I was still surprised to see gifts waiting for us at the door, even after we had been fed, boozed up,...
Tags: Weddings, Family, Marriage
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Harford County police blotter
Aberdeen Worthington Foster, 38, of the 100 block of Spesutia Street was charged Thursday with marijuana possession. Marcus Leon Haynes, 24, of the first block of East Bel Air Avenue, was arrested on a bench warrant Friday in a case in which he was...Tags: Mount Royal, Transportation Accidents, Hyattsville (Prince George's County, Maryland), Harford County, Essex (Baltimore, Maryland)
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Letter: Pursuit of happiness for everyone
Editor: The purpose of my letter is to convey my disgust with those individuals pursuing repeal of the Same-Sex Marriage legislation, The Aegis, May 23, 2012. Their use of "their" religious dogma to deny others basic human rights is appalling. This...Tags: U.S. Army, Civil Rights, Thomas Jefferson, Church and State Relations, Same-Sex Marriage
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Virginia Harrison honored for work with Human Relations Commission
WESTMINSTER — The Carroll County Human Relations Commission will hold a 20th anniversary celebration reception honoring Chairwoman Virginia Harrison, of Sykesville, on Tuesday, May 29 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Carroll County Non-Profit Center in...Tags: United Way , Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Nancy Grasmick, Sykesville, Martin O'Malley
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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: Civil Rights, Discrimination, Realty, Chicago Housing Authority, Rentals
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Md. voters will decide whether to allow same-sex marriage
I suggest that The Sun and the Maryland Court of Appeals of Maryland are in too much haste to agree with a too-loud, aggressive minority ("Another boost for same-sex marriage," May 21). The grant of a divorce for a same-sex couple who had married out-of-...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Same-Sex Marriage
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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: U.S. Air Force, Civil Rights, Desmond Tutu, South Africa, Ariel Dorfman
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Four students collecting for 'Loose change to loosen chains'
Four Hereford High School students who attend Gunpowder Baptist Church in Freeland are collecting loose change to benefit a nonprofit group. Kelsey Anderson, Kendra Herbenar, Christie Ivey and Sandra Schenning are participating in a project called "Loose...Tags: Hunt Valley
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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: Gays and Lesbians, Civil Rights, Minority Groups, Family, Voting
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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: Carroll County (Maryland), Heart Attack, Hospitals and Clinics, Civil Rights, Activism
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Ben Carson and the evolution-morality debate
Almost 500 Emory University faculty and students have expressed their dismay that their commencement speaker on Monday does not toe the ideological line when it comes to evolutionary biology. Yes — gasp — the renowned Johns Hopkins...
Tags: Civil Rights, Colleges and Universities, Charles Darwin, Philosophy, Genes and Chromosomes
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'Fela!' celebrates influential Nigerian musician, activist
He pioneered one the most influential, far-reaching musical genres of the past 50 years. He became a galvanizing force, too, in the cause of human rights. When he died, more than a million people turned out to witness his funeral cortege. Among those...Tags: Broadway Theater, Jada Pinkett Smith, AIDS, Tony Awards, James Brown
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