Bill would ban recognition of same-sex marriage in Md. 

Posted: 7:26 pm Thu, January 28, 2010
By Steve Lash

ANNAPOLIS – Legislation that would bar Maryland from recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states touched off spirited debate Thursday on what many regard as the major civil rights issue of this generation. “I believe that same-sex marriage is against the natural order,” said Del. Emmett C. Burns Jr., D-Baltimore County, the measure’s sponsor. Recognizing same-sex marriages ...