ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Gay marriage advocates plan to gather in Annapolis to urge support for bills that would allow same gender couples to marry in Maryland.
State legislative panels will hear testimony Wednesday and Thursday on the measures that would give gay couples the ability to marry in Maryland.
Montgomery County Sen. Richard Madaleno Jr. is sponsoring the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act in the state senate. Madaleno is openly gay and has adopted two children with his partner.
Kate Runyon, executive director of gay rights group Equality Maryland, said the measure contains a clause that stipulates religious leaders could not be forced to perform marriage ceremonies that are inconsistent with their faiths.
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