http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/10/06/gearing-up-for-another-marriage-fight-in-md/ the gay community's news source Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:39:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/10/06/gearing-up-for-another-marriage-fight-in-md/#comment-32292 Harvey Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:54:15 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=29718#comment-32292 We should bill this, in part, as a religious freedom issue, to counter the other side. There are religious groups that would marry gays if it were legal. A ban on gay marriage makes that religious rite illegal. Allowing people to marry without government approval of their choice of spouse does not affect religious groups that are fixated on sex. No religious group is required to marry all comers, not now, not after the legalization of marriage. However, it does legalize religious rites that are presently and improperly not legal.

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