House Girds For Same-Sex Marriage Debate

Delegates face pressure on divisive issue

On the day before the House of Delegates was expected to begin debate on same-sex marriage, lawmakers received a letter from six gay colleagues.

"Vote yes because you know it is the right thing to do," the delegates wrote Tuesday. "Vote yes because you want to stand on the right side of history. Vote yes because every family in Maryland needs the protections that marriage provides."

Later Tuesday, opponents of gay marriage from Pennsylvania played bagpipes outside the lawmakers' offices, displayed a banner that read: "God's Marriage = 1 man & 1 woman," and encouraged like-minded motorists to honk.
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