Marriage Equality

Last Friday, the Empire State passed marriage equality and Governor Cuomo has already courageously signed it into law. 26 days from today loving and committed couples in New York will be able to get married.

Here in Maryland, we are the next stop on the road to marriage equality and we need your help to get there. There are only 358 miles that separate Albany, NY from Annapolis, MD, but it currently seems that we are worlds apart.

With the tremendous momentum reverberating out of New York right now, we have the capacity to redouble our efforts in Annapolis - but we need your help!

CLICK HERE to help pass marriage equality in Maryland!

Equality Maryland is launching our Road to Marriage Equality, a fundraising drive where we are asking our supporters to adopt one or more miles between Albany, NY and Annapolis, MD, for $10 per month until we have marriage equality.

Will you adopt a mile or two today?

These monthly funds are crucial in our efforts to change the hearts and minds of legislators across the state, grow our organization, and keep the pressure on in Annapolis.

Will you join us by adopting a mile or more for $10 per month until we make marriage equality a reality here in Maryland?

Equality Maryland can't travel this road alone. Join us today and make a difference for all loving and committed gay and lesbian couples in Maryland.

This post was written by Dan Rodricks, published in the Baltimore Sun. 

Given his role in New York's legalization of same-sex marriage, Andrew Cuomo might be the most celebrated governor in the United States at the moment. But watch out: Martin O'Malley, the governor of Maryland, has taken up his guitar to play with his band again, if only to show us he's not just a boring and cautious, middling politician with presidential ambitions.

Here's how reporter John Wagner put it three days ago in The Washington Post: "Instead of seeing his music as a liability, many around him have come to view it as a healthy, humanizing outlet for O'Malley, who, if anything, has grown a little stiff since moving to Annapolis in 2007."

This article was written by Reid Epstein for the Politico.  

Gay marriage advocates now hope the famous Sinatra song about New York rings true: If you made it there, they can make it anywhere - or at least in a handful of other states.

The New York triumph for gay rights supporters, led by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, provides a roadmap for victory for groups in other states, said Michael Cole-Schwartz, a spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign, a pro-gay marriage group.