If all goes to plan, Maryland residents could well have quite the November ballot in front of them. A number of controversial measures in the Old Line State are either on the ballot or making their way there, including illegal immigration, same-sex marriage and gambling. more ›

Same-sex marriage doesn't take effect in Maryland until next year, but a case today in the state's top court is considering whether the state should grant a divorce to a same-sex couple married in California. more ›

Today Mayor Vince Gray joined Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in criticizing the National Organization for Marriage, an anti-marriage equality group that was recently found to have tried to drive a wedge between gays and African Americans. more ›

It was expected, and yesterday it started—opponents of same-sex marriage in Maryland have kicked off their petition drive to collect the 55,736 signatures they need to put the issue on the November ballot, writes the Post. more ›

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is set to sign a law legalizing same-sex marriage today at 5 p.m., kicking off a celebration for supporters of marriage equality and a petition-drive for its opponents. more ›

The Maryland Senate voted 25-22 to approve legislation legalizing same-sex marriage this evening, sending the bill to Gov. Martin O'Malley for his signature. more ›

A same-sex marriage bill that narrowly passed the Maryland House last Friday heads next to the Senate, where proponents hope that it will quickly make its way through as it has in years past. more ›

The Maryland House of Delegates passed a bill legalizing same-sex sex marriage Friday evening, all but guaranteeing that the Maryland will become the eight state, along with D.C., to offer marriage equality. more ›

In the midst of another tough fight for same-sex marriage in Maryland, proponents of marriage equality have recruited some powerful allies. But few may make the case as well as Michael K. Williams, the actor known best for playing Omar Little in the HBO Baltimore crime drama "The Wire," and former Vice President Dick Cheney. more ›

A bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland was jointly approved by two House committees yesterday. more ›

When it comes to an issue as controversial as same-sex marriage can be, adults can have some pretty set opinions. But Sarah Crank, a home-schooled 14-year-old from Bowie, took the chance this week to let a Maryland Senate committee know what she thought about the state's renewed push for marriage equality. more ›

Marylanders may be hoping to get same-sex marriage this year, but one member of the D.C. Council wants to make it easier for same-sex marriages performed here to be ended. more ›

Though they succeeded in the Senate, proponents of same-sex marriage in Maryland simply couldn't muster the votes in the General Assembly last year. This year, they hope that a stronger coalition and support from Gov. Martin O'Malley will make Maryland the eighth jurisdiction in the country to allow same-sex marriage. more ›

The Post writes today that a Pew Research Center reports has found that marriage rates across the U.S. are hovering at the 50 percent mark, a drop from the 57 percent that took the plunge in 2000. more ›

Some people just never learn. Like the outspoken Bishop Harry Jackson -- who, according to Bruce DePuyt, stands "poised to fight" Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley in 2012 over same sex marriage. more ›

On Friday, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley delivered an address in which he announced he would sponsor a bill to allow same sex marriage in the state. more ›

At the National Governors Association meeting in Salt Lake City on Friday, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley said he is leaning toward sponsoring a bill next year to allow same-sex marriage in Maryland. more ›

In yet another update to one of our Morning Roundup notes, the Maryland House of Delegates just voted to send the bill allowing same-sex marriage back to the Judiciary Committee. The Post notes that this is "an acknowledgment by supporters that it did not have sufficient votes to pass on the floor" and it likely kills the bill for another year. more ›

Another hurdle in the effort to legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland will likely be cleared today: the Associated Press reports that the state's Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee is ready to vote on proposed legislation to legalize gay marriage. The bill is expected to pass the committee, clearing the way for a full Senate vote. The Committee recently held a hearing on the Senate bill during which young people delivered some moving testimony. Currently, the measure has the support of 23 state Senators; 24 votes would be needed for the legislation to pass Maryland's historically more socially conservative Senate. A similar bill is expected to pass the House with far less fuss. more ›

The Maryland Senate's Judicial Proceedings Committee will hold a public hearing today on the "Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act" -- one of the most important milestones to date for legislation which could find Maryland joining five other states and the District of Columbia in granting licenses for same-sex marriages. more ›

Last Friday, Mayor Vince Gray announced that he would be appointing Jeffrey Richardson, the current president of the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, as director of the the city's Office of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Affairs. Many are hoping that Gray, who called Richardson "a respected and credible voice for the GLBT community," will have a more robust relationship with Richardson than previous mayor Adrian Fenty had with Christopher Dyer, the last GLBT liason who admitted that he never met with Fenty face-to-face during his term to discuss issues. more ›

You know, after the highest court in the land hands you yet another defeat, you think you'd shake hands and admit that maybe, just maybe, you'd lost this one battle. But that's not the custom of opponents of same-sex marriage in the District, who took this week's Supreme Court decision not to hear an appeal on marriage equality as a, well, declaration of war. more ›

Last week, we noted that the Supreme Court was preparing to release a decision on the petition filed by Bishop Harry Jackson requesting that the District's gay marriage law be suspended pending the completion of a citywide referendum on the issue. The Court ruled today, turning away Jackson yet again. more ›

Earlier this month, we highlighted the marriage of Mark Reed and Dante Walkup -- two men who wed in a Dallas, Texas hotel ballroom as D.C.-based official Sheila Alexander-Reid presided via Skype -- as a clever exploit of the jumbled legislation on same-sex unions. But it looks like we (and several other more prominent media outlets) may have jumped the gun a bit. Amanda Hess reports today that the District's marriage bureau has "kicked back" Reed and Walkup's marriage certificate. more ›

Via The Daily What, here's a pretty incredible interpretation of the District of Columbia's same-sex marriage laws. Mark Reed and Dante Walkup wed in Dallas, while an authorized officiant from the District presided over the ceremony...via Skype. more ›

For about as long as we can remember, the District has been run by Congress. Sure, we were granted Home Rule in 1973, but even that move forward came with a glaring caveat -- Congress can always overrule what local officials want to do or just force them to do things they wouldn't otherwise want to. more ›

For a cause that has been dealt a lot of setbacks, I'll give local opponents of same-sex marriage this much -- they're fired up and optimistic that somehow, they'll win in the end. more ›

Wait, what? more ›

GLAA Forum tips us off to what may well be the must-see summer tour of 2010 -- the National Organization for Marriage's Summer for Marriage Tour 2010. more ›

Bishop Harry Jackson has lost pretty much every battle related to marriage equality in the District, but he's not giving up. more ›