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Source: WBAL-TV , WJZ-TV , Baltimore Sun Annapolis, Md. -- Same-sex couples will have more benefits under two measures signed by the Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley Thursday during his final bill-signing ceremony of the year. One bill allows unmarried couples more rights to make about a dozen medical...

Source: Baltimore Sun Gay and lesbian activists thought they had a friend in Maryland governor Martin O'Malley. As a progressive mayor in Baltimore, O'Malley attended gay pride parades and signed into law a measure to protect transgender people from discrimination. When he ran for governor, he...

Source: Washington Blade , Associated Press via Baltimore Sun The Maryland House of Delegates approved a bill Friday to allow domestic partners -- who could be gay or straight -- to make medical or funeral decisions for each other if they meet certain criteria to show they are a committed couple. The...

Source: Baltimore Sun , Associated Press via WBOC The Maryland Senate gave preliminary approval yesterday to a bill that would allow domestic partners the same right as married couples to avoid paying taxes when adding each other to home property deeds to create joint ownership. Another passed by the...

Source: Associated Press via Baltimore Sun , Examiner , Washington Blade Annapolis, Maryland -- The Maryland Senate voted 30-17 Tuesday to allow domestic partners, who could be gay or straight, to make medical or funeral decisions for each other if they meet certain criteria to show they are a committed...

Source: Baltimore Sun , Washington Post In a move to bolster gay rights, the Maryland Senate gave preliminary approval yesterday to a bill that would allow domestic partners to make medical and funeral decisions for each other, share a nursing home room and visit at their hospital bedsides. With prospects...

Source: Baltimore Sun and Washington Post Rev. C. Anthony Muse is both a pastor and powerful Maryland state senator photo: Maurice Fitzgerald, Washington Informer Concerned that they won't be able to muster the votes for a comprehensive bill on same-sex unions this year, state lawmakers are considering...

Source: Baltimore Sun Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler has become the most prominent official in Maryland to endorse gay marriage, telling state legislators Thursday that he believes the current ban on same-sex unions amounts to discrimination. "It would be hard for me to have this job knowing...

Source: Baltimore Sun , AP via Express Gay News , AP via WTOP Annapolis, Md. -- Gay-rights activists rallied in Annapolis yesterday and met with dozens of lawmakers to lobby for same-sex marriage, predicting they are close to having the necessary votes in the legislature only five months after Maryland's...

Source: Baltimore Sun Annapolis, Md. -- Opponents of gay marriage vowed yesterday to bring the fractious debate over same-sex unions to a vote in the Maryland General Assembly and possibly to voters on the November ballot. Del. Donald H. Dwyer Jr. is circulating a petition to take a constitutional amendment...