All posts tagged "african-american"
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New Baltimore Sun Poll Shows Marriage Equality Deadlocked in Maryland; Opponents’ Ads May Be Factor in Weakening Support
A new poll by Annapolis-based OpinionWorks done for The Baltimore Sun shows erosion among support for marriage equality among likely voters, with opponents holding a...
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Opposition to Question 6 in Overdrive
With less than two weeks until Election Day, forces fighting against marriage equality haven't just thrown the kitchen sink at their political rivals – they've...
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Steve Harvey on the Red Carpet at the Mark Twain Prize
Comedian Steve Harvey was part of the celebration for Ellen DeGeneres at the 2012 Mark Twain Prize, on Monday, Oct. 22. Metro Weekly's Randy Shulman...
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Prince George’s County Executive Offers Support for Question 6
Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker Friday told WAMU radio host Kojo Nnamdi that he supports Question 6, the referendum that if passed will allow...
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Baltimore Anti-Marriage Fliers Target Race
Chris Wulin walked out his door in late September to find his neighborhood covered in fliers. One was in his door, another in his windshield,...
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Cory Booker at the 2012 HRC Dinner [video]
Cory Booker, the mayor of Newark, N.J., and a rising star in Democratic politics, spoke at the Human Rights Campaign's National Dinner Oct. 6. Booker's...
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Maryland Pro-Equality Forces Court Key Demographics Through Ads, Phone-Banking to Catholics, Rural Voters and African-Americans
Marylanders for Marriage Equality, the coalition of labor, religious and community groups seeking to uphold Maryland’s marriage-equality law by approving the Question 6 referendum at...
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African-American Pastors Rally in Support of Maryland's Question 6
A group of prominent African-American religious leaders from Maryland, as well as other parts of the country, endorsed Maryland's Question 6 at a press conference...
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Friday Features Dueling Press Conferences from Both Sides of the Marriage-Equality Debate
The struggle for the media spotlight is on – on both sides of the Potomac – when it comes to marriage equality. Today, a group...
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The Fearless Sergeant
It's a day he says he'll never forget. On July 11, 2007, John Cephas stood in line with hundreds of other recruits at the United...
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Head of PG County NAACP Endorses Question 6 as Pro-Equality Forces Continue African-American Outreach
Bob Ross, president of the Prince George’s County, Md., branch of the NAACP, has filmed a Web ad showing his support for Maryland’s Question 6,...
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Julian Bond brings civil rights history to bear on Maryland marriage equality
Longtime civil rights figure Dr. Julian Bond is speaking out in favor of marriage equality in an op-ed in the Afro-American newspapers, which has both...
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The Real McCoy
He's the man about town who seems to know everybody, but who's hard to pin down. Not that you'd have a chance, since Nick McCoy...
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Adult video site MyVidster ‘hijacked’ after winning case against gay porn company
myVidster lost control of its primary .com domain this past weekend according to the owner’s Twitter feed: “The myvidster domain has been hijacked and I...
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Field Goals
It seems fair enough to say that Wade Davis has an impulsive streak. Six years ago on Christmas Eve, stranded in a Chicago airport by...
