Posted on 11/21/2004 12:32:55 PM PST by tuesday afternoon
A group of Maryland lawmakers yesterday said they will file an appeal to oppose an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit that aims to force Baltimore and four counties to accept same-sex "marriages."
"We have asked to be permitted to intervene so that we might be able to put out a serious and truthful defense of Maryland's marriage statute," said Delegate Donald H. Dwyer Jr., Anne Arundel County Republican.
The lawmakers — seven Republicans and one Democrat — were rebuffed last month by Baltimore Circuit Court Judge M. Brooke Murdoch, who ruled that the lawmakers could not join the defendants in the ACLU lawsuit.
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In July, the ACLU filed the lawsuit against Baltimore and the four counties, saying the state law that denies same-sex couples the right to "marry" is a violation of constitutional guarantees of equality.
Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran Jr., a Democrat, has said he welcomes a court opinion, but Republican Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. has said he would sign a defense-of-marriage act.
"The ACLU simply lost their way," Mr. Ehrlich said. "It's simply the ACLU and their far-left agenda."
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Their fight is against religion (even voluntary prayer), marriage, codes of conduct -- anything to weaken this society.
lets go...... call to arms.....
We need to lean on the Congress to repeal the ACLU tax-grab......and not let up til its done.
yeah let organize the blogsphere for a coordinated attack....
There is no doubt that these lawyers are terrorists. They use the courts, pen and paper instead of guns and bombs.
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