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Md. same-sex couples prepare for Jan. 1 marriages
Associated Press ^ | Dec. 31 2012 12:09 PM EST | Brian Witte

Posted on 12/31/2012 9:45:12 AM PST by Olog-hai

Gay couples are preparing for New Year’s Day weddings in the first state south of the Mason-Dixon Line to allow same-sex marriage, which will become legal in Maryland on Tuesday.

The new law takes effect at 12:01 a.m. and follows a legislative fight that pitted Gov. Martin O’Malley against leaders of his Catholic faith. Voters in the state, founded by Catholics in the 17th century, sealed the change by approving a November ballot question. …

Same-sex couples in Maryland have been able to get marriage licenses since Dec. 6, but they do not take effect until Tuesday. …

(Excerpt) Read more at bigstory.ap.org ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: gaymarriage; homosexulagenda; lavendermafia

1 posted on 12/31/2012 9:45:22 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Big deal being made about a technically Dixie state spitting in the faces of all decent Dixie mores.


2 posted on 12/31/2012 10:02:32 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
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To: Olog-hai

Maryland will never get a dime of any future, if ever, vacation plans.


3 posted on 12/31/2012 10:14:23 AM PST by bgill (We've passed the point of no return. Welcome to Al Amerika.)
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To: Olog-hai

“Well, isn’t that precious?”

glad i no longer live in the freak state.


4 posted on 12/31/2012 10:18:08 AM PST by bravo whiskey (“People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.”)
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To: Olog-hai
How's all this SIN workin for you America?......BE WARNED!!!
God's wrath will continue.
5 posted on 12/31/2012 10:23:38 AM PST by wesagain (The God (Elohim) of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is the One True GOD.)
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To: Olog-hai

Martin O’Malley is a Catholic.

As a Baptist I can’t understand why he and other are not publically excommunicated.


6 posted on 12/31/2012 10:44:01 AM PST by Sybeck1
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To: Sybeck1

Same as any other reason, $$$. Why would any identifying Catholic or Christian vote for Obama? Nobody cares about the country anymore it is all about what “I” get.


7 posted on 12/31/2012 11:20:28 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
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To: Olog-hai; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; cindy-true-supporter; ...

How long has it been since Maryland was actually a genuine southern state, anyhow?

Happy New Year.

Maryland “Freak State” PING!


8 posted on 12/31/2012 5:19:26 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Merry Christmas!)
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To: Sybeck1

Martin O’Malley is a Catholic in name only because he was raised Catholic and he should be excommunicated in my opinion.
He is also pro-abortion.

I am a Catholic and he is a shame.


9 posted on 12/31/2012 7:52:42 PM PST by RedMDer (Those that believe in gun free zones should post gun free zone signs on their property and persons.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I don’t think that Maryland was actually a genuine southern state since LBJ’s ‘Great Society’ when Nancy Pelosi’s brother Thomas L. J. D’Alesandro III was mayor of Baltimore City.


10 posted on 12/31/2012 8:01:12 PM PST by RedMDer (Those that believe in gun free zones should post gun free zone signs on their property and persons.)
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Please ping me to note-worthy Pro-Life or Catholic threads, or other threads of general interest.

11 posted on 12/31/2012 8:03:31 PM PST by narses
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12 posted on 12/31/2012 8:04:31 PM PST by narses
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Fortunately, I crossed the border to Va before they erected the wall.


13 posted on 01/02/2013 4:17:22 PM PST by Sensei Ern (FUBO)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Fortunately, I crossed the border to Va before they erected the wall.


14 posted on 01/02/2013 4:17:25 PM PST by Sensei Ern (FUBO)
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