LIVE AUDIO: Maryland Marriage Vote

UPDATE: The chamber has reconvened and the feed is live now.

EARLIER: Here we go again. Listen live here. Things are supposed to start up at 12:30pm Eastern and you'll have to refresh the page to get the "play" button once they turn the feed on.

LIVE: Maryland House Marriage Vote

UPDATE: Well, bother. The chair gaveled in the proceedings just long enough to delay the vote until tomorrow morning. False alarm, everybody. Now we get to worry about what evil amendments will be pitched during tomorrow morning's committee meetings.

EARLIER: It's a busy day for equality. At any moment from this writing the Maryland House of Delgates is set to vote on its marriage equality bill. Listen live here. Click "current House proceedings."

MARYLAND: Marriage Bill Clears House Committee By 25-18 Vote

The bill had to survive the usual bullshit poison pill amendments from the GOP, including one that would require parental consent before teachers could mention "non-traditional" families. The full chamber will debate and vote later this week. And if you're counting, that's THREE big honking wins for the good guys this week. And it's only Tuesday.

FRC Cheers Young MD Bigot

TODAY: Maryland Marriage Hearings

Openly gay Maryland Del. Luke Clippinger writes to give us the heads up that today's marriage equality hearing should begin around 1pm.

CORRECTED LINK: Live listen HERE.

"Ex-Gays" Are Being Oppressed!

PFOX is outraged that a Maryland school board member is "disgusted" by their flier campaign telling students that they don't have to "choose" to be gay.

"We call on the Montgomery County Board of Education to enforce its Nondiscrimination Policy and censure Superintendent Starr immediately," said Regina Griggs, executive director of PFOX. "The Policy mandates that schools provide 'an atmosphere where differences are understood and appreciated, and where all persons are treated fairly and with respect in an environment free of discrimination and ... abuse.' Clearly Starr has violated the Board's Policy," said Griggs. "Starr's verbal abuse, disrespectful behavior, and slurs against the ex-gay community amount to hate and illegal sexual orientation discrimination, which are all forbidden by the Policy." According to media reports, Starr is discussing with his staff how to turn the fliers into a learning experience for students. "Starr does not respect diversity and is creating an unsafe school environment," said Griggs.

NOTE: The media spokesdouche for the Maryland campaign has been FRC's Peter Sprigg, who has called for the criminalization of homosexuality.

"Ex-Gays" Hand Out Fliers At MD Schools

Freep This Maryland Poll

Last week when we freeped the AFA, you forced them to end the poll and freeze the results. Heh. Here's another shot, this time for a local Maryland television station. (Via JMG reader Larry Mac)

From The Red-Caped Catholic Loons

The red-caped Catholic loons of Tradition, Values & Property were at the anti-gay hate rally outside of Maryland's Capitol. This is their clip. Watch this and try not to think about Kristallnacht. Terrifying.

FRC Rips Maryland's First Lady

14 Year-Old Fascist Youth Asks Maryland To Deny Marriage As Her Birthday Present

And SURPRISE! She's home-schooled.

LIVE AUDIO: Maryland Marriage Debate

It's underway right now.

Anti-Gay Groups Rally Against Same-Sex Marriage Outside Maryland State Capitol

Igor Volsky has the story at Think Progress.

Concerned Women Are Concernstipated That Gay Marriage Will Curse Maryland

"There can be no doubt that America and the state of Maryland have been richly blessed throughout our history. And I hope we can all recognize that those blessings did not come in the abstract. They are the direct result of policies that found their underpinning in the teachings of Christ. Our Founders recognized that. It is a simple calculation. We cannot expect to receive the same blessings we have in the past if we enact polices that go directly against the ones that brought us the blessings in the first place." Mario Diaz, legal counsel for Concerned Women For America.

Maryland Marriage Poll: Tipping Point?

Another question on the poll reveals that of those who oppose same-sex marriage, 74% cite "religious belief" as the foundation for their position. Only 74%?