The news just in from Maryland isn't good. A Baltimore City Circuit Judge has ruled that Maryland's one-man, one-woman marriage law violates the state constitution's Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Thankfully, South Carolina has no such law, but this wrongly decided order is another reason why our Marriage Amendment is a top priority for us as an organization and as a state.
Report from National Public Radio
ADF's Jordan Lorence Interviewed
Copy of the Decision
Report from Maryland's WJZ-TV
Breakpoint Commentary on Failure of Same Sex Unions
*The states that have ERA are: Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming.
