{"id":26653,"date":"2012-02-24T06:19:11","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T13:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/24\/well-done-maryland.html"},"modified":"2014-11-05T14:39:18","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T21:39:18","slug":"well-done-maryland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/24\/well-done-maryland.html","title":{"rendered":"Well done, Maryland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congratulations on passing a marriage equality bill through your legislature. #ddtb<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Zachary Cook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Wow — more fantastic news. Looks like Maryland is about to become another state with equality, two states in less than two weeks. This is the best quote from the story — one that many Republicans need to figure out:<\/p>\n

"You don't worry about politics when you're dealing with the civil rights issue of your generation," said Kittleman, R-Howard, the son of the late Sen. Robert Kittleman, who was known for civil rights advocacy."<\/p>\n

#glbt #marriageequality #maryland<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tANNAPOLIS, Md. \u2014 Gay marriage is all but legalized in Maryland after the legislature gave its final OK Thursday to the law that's being sent to Gov. Martin O'Malley, who said he expects to sig…\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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Congratulations on passing a marriage equality bill through your legislature. #ddtb Reshared post from +Zachary Cook Wow — more fantastic news. Looks like Maryland is about to become another state with equality, two states in less than two weeks. 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