All posts by Yusef Najafi
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Live Coverage of Maryland House of Delegates Debate on Marriage Bill
The Maryland House of Delegates is currently debating Senate Bill 116, during its third and final reading. If the bill is passed into law, it...
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Supporters of Maryland Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Bill Speak During Equality Maryland’s Wednesday Press Conference
Before the Maryland House of Delegates Health and Government Operations Committee heard testimony on Wednesday, March 9, from many supporters and a few opponents of...
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Maryland House of Delegates rejects All Amendments to Marriage Bill During Second Reading on Floor
The Maryland House of Delegates held debates and ultimately rejected all presented amendments to Senate Bill 116, during its second reading on the House floor...
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Maryland Marriage Bill and the Week Ahead
The Maryland House of Delegates is expected to start debates on marriage equality legislation (Senate Bill 116) as early as Wednesday, March 9, according to...
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Maryland House Committee Votes 12-10 in Favor of Marriage Bill
Maryland’s House Judiciary Committee voted today 12-10 in favor of the passage of Senate Bill 116. The bill now moves on to the House of...
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Arora’s Flip Becomes a Flop: Will Vote for Maryland Marriage Bill, But Wants Referendum
Maryland Del. Sam Arora (D) has come under scrutiny from those who supported him during his candidacy in 2010. Arora had said he was supportive...
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Maryland Marriage Vote Delayed in House Committee
Maryland’s House Judiciary Committee was scheduled to vote on House Bill 175, the House version of the marriage bill which was approved on the Senate...
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Maryland Marriage Opponents Gearing Up for a Referendum
Immediately following the Thursday, Feb. 24 passage of a bill on Maryland’s Senate floor that would grant same-sex couples in the state legal marriage recognition,...
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Maryland Marriage Bill Passes Senate floor’s final reading 25-21
After about an hour of discussions from opposing views, Maryland’s State Senate voted 25-21 in favor of Senate Bill 116, The Civil Marriage Protection Act...
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Death in Baltimore Focuses Attention on Anti-Transgender Violence and Discrimination
Equality Maryland spent the first half of Wednesday, Feb. 23 celebrating the second reading Senate passage of a bill that would grant same-sex couples marriage...
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Amendments to Maryland Marriage Bill and Third Reading Set for Feb. 24
Senate Bill 116, The Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act, passed a second reading in the Maryland State Senate on Wednesday, Feb. 23 with...
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Wone Trial Nearing
While the status-hearing exchange between attorneys in the Robert Wone case remained civil, there was an element of chaos. Inside D.C. Superior Court Judge Lynn...
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Latest on Wone Case
Following an April 5 status hearing ahead of the trial in the death of Robert Wone, set to begin May 10, there was a lessened...
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Wone Trial Nears
Inside D.C. Superior Court on a cold and rainy Friday afternoon, Kathy Wone's gaze moved to the floor of the courtroom as two attorneys representing...
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Wone Update
One day prior to meeting with D.C. Superior Court Judge Frederick Weisberg for a status hearing in the Robert Wone case, the defense team filed...
