All posts tagged "equality maryland"
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Rules of the Game
Morgan Meneses-Sheets has opponents. They include members of the local LGBT community. As the leader of Maryland's equal-rights advocacy organization, Equality Maryland, Meneses-Sheets's leadership has...
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Maryland House of Delegates Votes 86-52 in Favor of Gender Identity Bill
The Maryland House of Delegates voted 86-52 in favor of the Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act, House Bill 235, today, during the bill’s third and final...
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Maryland House of Delegates in Session and Scheduled to Vote on Gender Identity Bill Today
The Maryland House of Delegates is scheduled to discuss and vote on the Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act, House Bill 235, during the bill’s third and...
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Maryland Gender Identity Bill Passes 2nd Reading on House Floor, Third Reading Scheduled for Saturday
The Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act, House Bill 235, went through its second reading this afternoon on the Maryland House of Delegates Floor and was ordered to...
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Maryland Gender Identity Bill Passes Through Committee 15-8
The Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act, House Bill 235, passed through the Maryland House’s Health and Government Operations Committee with a 15-8 favorable vote, according to Equality Maryland....
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Maryland GOP Delegate Holds Up Gender Identity Bill, Says She Needs Definition of “Transgender”
A bill that seeks to prohibit discrimination in the areas of housing, employment, licensing and commercial leasing against transgender Marylanders was scheduled to be voted on...
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Equality Maryland Board Chairs Explain Marriage Vote Decision
In a statement released to Metro Weekly on Monday, March 21, Equality Maryland board chair Chuck Butler and Equality Maryland Foundation board chair Patrick Wojahn detail...
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Community Debates Gender Identity Bill
The exclusion of a public accommodations provision from a Maryland bill aimed at ending transgender discrimination has led one group of LGBT activists, Trans Maryland,...
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No Maryland Marriage Vote
Movement on a bill that would have brought marriage equality to Maryland, while also specifically protecting the rights of religious institutions to handle issues of...
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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 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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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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Marriage Action in Annapolis
The Maryland bill aiming to grant same-sex couples legal marriage rights while granting specific exemptions to religious institutions opposed to marriage equality, arrived on the...
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Wheels in Motion [UPDATED]
The Maryland state Senate's Judicial Proceedings Committee voted today 7-4 in favor of Senate Bill 116, The Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act. The...
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Maryland Marriage Vote Imminent [UPDATED]
Legislators in Maryland are scheduled to vote in committee on the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act on Thursday, Feb. 17, according to Judicial...
