GLBT rally tonight in Annapolis, MD?

[theHandpuppet]

Saw a ticker on NBC4 (Washington, D.C.) this morning -- something about a rally tonight in Annapolis for gay marriage rights. I haven't been able to find out any more information but thought someone else here might have the details?

[freestyle]

1. This is Equality Maryland's rally and lobby day.

Tonight is the annual rally and lobby day. The rally is at 5:00 followed by lobbying of individual legislators. Full details are at equalitymaryland.org

[theHandpuppet]

2. Thanks!

I'll check it out.

[theHandpuppet]

3. Here's a report from the Baltimore Sun

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-md.marriage12feb12,0,155535.story

Activists call for gay marriage
By Laura Smitherman | Sun reporter
February 12, 2008

Gay-rights activists rallied in Annapolis yesterday and met with dozens of lawmakers to lobby for same-sex marriage, predicting they are close to having the necessary votes in the legislature only five months after Maryland's highest court upheld the state's ban on such unions.

Several hundred people in Lawyers Mall held signs that read "Protect all families" and "Love does not discriminate." Organizers with Equality Maryland, a gay-rights group, said they dispatched participants to make more than 115 visits with lawmakers and urged them to tell personal stories and why their relationships need protections afforded by marriage.

The first hearing on legislation to legalize same-sex marriage will be held Thursday before the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee. The panel also will consider a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex unions as well as bills to create domestic partnerships that would replace civil marriage and to allow so-called covenant marriage, a legally distinct matrimony that's optional and limits grounds for divorce.... MORE