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Dec 04, 2006
Articles: USA: Maryland High Court Urged To Strike Down Gay Marriage Ban
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By vanrozenheim
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(Annapolis, USA) - Attorneys for same-sex couples told the Court of Appeals - the highest court in Maryland - Monday that state law barring gay and lesbian couples from marrying violates the Maryland constitution's Equal Rights Amendment, which protects against sex discrimination. The state is appealing a lower court ruling that found the ban unconstitutional. In January Baltimore Judge M. Brooke Murdock said that the 1973 law defining marriage as a union between one man and one woman "cannot withstand constitutional challenge."
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