In Same-Sex Marriage Testimony, O'Malley Balances Religious Freedom, Civil Rights

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2. Last night on the news going home

the radio station I listened to mentioned the hearing in Annapolis (I live in Maryland and work in DC) and had a brief sound bite of O'Malley speaking. Then they had one from some minister who opposes the bill who was full of outrage over Mrs. O'Malley's comment, since apologized for, that people who weren't in favor of allowing same-sex marriage were cowards. His outrage went higher as he said that the state was trying to tell the church what to do. This after our governor had made it clear that if your religion doesn't allow for same-sex unions, you weren't going to have to perform them. I guess the problem is that even if your religion won't permit them, you would have to acknowlege the existance of same-sex unions solemnized in another church or by the state of Maryland. I'm sorry, but Mrs. O'Malley was entirely correct and had nothing to apologize for.