Via: Foxbaltimore.com Church services were held Sunday for the first time since the President made his announcement that he supports same sex marriage. Pastor Jamal Bryant of the Empowerment Temple shared his thoughts about the announcement made by President Obama. Pastor Bryant says he wholeheartedly disagrees with the President. But hopes his congregation will keep […]
In this exclusive opinion piece, noted Baltimore-based minister Rev. Dr. Jamal-Harrison Bryant responds to President Obama’s recent declaration of support for same-sex marriages. ———— The African American community has beamed with tremendous pride at the work of the first Black President, Barack Obama, in his first term: Bringing the troops home; creating jobs.; doubling the […]
President Barack Obama made headlines today in an interview with ABC and Robin Roberts when he said he now supports same-sex marriage. “At a certain point I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married,” […]
Via: Foxbaltimore.com Marylanders for Marriage Equality, a coalition of organizations that back unions for same-sex couples, will host a series of community meetings. Within the meetings the organization plans to come up with steps to uphold the law passed last week making same-sex marriage legal in Maryland. The group has also launched its own petition […]
Via: Foxbaltimore.com Marylanders for Marriage Equality, a coalition of organizations that back unions for same-sex couples, will host a series of community meetings. Within the meetings the organization plans to come up with steps to uphold the law passed last week making same-sex marriage legal in Maryland. The group has also launched its own petition […]
Via: foxbaltimore.com Final votes are expected this week says Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller on Maryland’s decision to send the bill that could possibly legalize gay marriage to the full state Senate. Just last week the Judicial Proceedings Committee voted seven to four to approve legislation passed in the House of Delegates. The bill will […]
NEW YORK — Conservative groups filed a lawsuit in the New York Supreme Court that challenges the legality of the state’s same-sex marriage law. Led by the New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedom (NYCF), the lawsuit seeks an injunction on the Marriage Equality Act, claiming that open meeting laws were violated, campaign contributions were promised, and […]
WASHINGTON–President Barack Obama is throwing his support behind a bill that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, a federal ban on same-sex marriage. White House spokesman Jay Carney said the president “long called for a legislative appeal for the so-called Defense of Marriage Act which continues to have a real impact on families.” The […]
While the state of New York is set to give its first marriage licenses to same-sex couples in two weeks, one senator who vehemently opposed gay marriage accused Mayor Michael Bloomberg of paying four Republican senators to vote in favor of the legislation. Sen. Ruben Diaz (D-N.Y.) wrote in a press release that senators Stephen […]
