By a 12-8 vote, the Maryland House of Delegates Judiciary Committee has rejected an effort to prohibit that state from recognizing same-sex marriages lawfully performed elsewhere. Del. Emmett C. Burns, a Baltimore County Democrat and minister, had proposed that the state, which does not allow same-sex...

This personal reflection on testifying before a Maryland House committee comes from HRC’s Youth and Campus Outreach Associate Director, Candace Gingrich-Jones: Yesterday I had the honor of traveling with my wife to Annapolis to testify against HB 90 in front of the Maryland House Judiciary Committee....

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