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Officials to fight ACLU lawsuit
The Washington Times ^ | 10/19/04 | Robert Redding Jr.

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."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: aclu; ehrlich; gayclu; homosexualagenda; marriage; samesexmarriage
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To: tuesday afternoon
It appears the ACLU has been permitted to have more and more power over our lives. Step by step they have forced their opinions on us. A while back they removed VOLUNTARY prayer (with the help of sympathetic judges) from VMI, they have supported pedophiles in lawsuits, they even forced the Honor Society not to have "character" as a criteria in membership.

Their fight is against religion (even voluntary prayer), marriage, codes of conduct -- anything to weaken this society.

21 posted on 11/23/2004 11:20:16 AM PST by Dante3
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To: Liz

lets go...... call to arms.....


22 posted on 11/23/2004 1:42:36 PM PST by Gibtx (pajamahadeen call to arms.....)
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To: Gibtx

We need to lean on the Congress to repeal the ACLU tax-grab......and not let up til its done.


23 posted on 11/23/2004 2:03:29 PM PST by Liz
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To: Liz

yeah let organize the blogsphere for a coordinated attack....


24 posted on 11/23/2004 3:07:15 PM PST by Gibtx (pajamahadeen call to arms.....)
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To: buttons

There is no doubt that these lawyers are terrorists. They use the courts, pen and paper instead of guns and bombs.


25 posted on 11/23/2004 7:40:57 PM PST by Scales (Earth First, we will mine the other planets later)
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