Baltimore City Council Votes in Support of Homosexual “Marriage”
The Baltimore City Council has passed a resolution supporting a separate state Senate bill that would give same-sex couples the right to a civil marriage.
The city resolution, introduced by Councilman Bill Henry of the 4th District, covering the York Road corridor, passed 9-3 on March 17. One council member abstained, and two were absent.
[Click here for more...]Montgomery County, MD Voters to Decide Fate of “Gender ID” Bill
[Montgomery County, MD - 3/7/08] – An all-volunteer, grassroots organization opposing Montgomery County, Maryland’s newly passed ‘gender identity’ bill has been notified their referendum petition has been certified by the local Board of Elections, clearing the way for the measure’s repeal to be considered by county voters in November of 2008.
If enacted, the bill would add ‘gender identity’ to the County’s non-discrimination code which covers public accommodation, employment, housing, taxicab and cable services. The measure loosely defines gender identity as “an individual’s actual or perceived gender, including a person’s gender related appearance, expression, image, identity, or behavior, whether or not those gender related characteristics differ from the characteristics customarily associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth.” This means that a male appearing as or perceiving he is a female, regardless of his DNA, anatomy, and chromosomal makeup, could gain the legal right to call himself a woman, and use the woman’s facility in any public accommodation.
[Click here for more...]MD Citizens Sign Petitions to Overturn “Coed Locker Room” Law
Citizens of Montgomery County, Md., have launched a petition drive against a law they say essentially would allow people to choose their gender when using public facilities. The new statute was first given the green light by elected officials in Montgomery County and now has been signed into law by County Executive Ike Leggett.
[Click here for more...]MD County Votes to Allow Coed Locker Rooms; Pro-Family Groups Outraged
Coed locker rooms could be a reality now that a new statute to allow people to “choose a gender” has been approved in Maryland.
But the measure, given the green light by elected officials in Montgomery County, will soon be the subject of a court challenge, according to a non-profit public-interest law firm.
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