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Susan Reimer | February 13, 2012
The first family is America's egalitarian version of royalty (if you are too young to remember the sprawling Kennedy clan), and thanks to our People magazine sensibilities, we know as much about their family life and fashion as the Brits do about Kate and William's. For example, the latest news is that 13-year-old Malia Obama is beginning to spread her social wings, and it is giving President Barack Obama hives to see his oldest daughter leave the White House all dolled up for a dance or a party.
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by Annie Linskey | February 9, 2012
The only GOP lawmaker to support same-sex marriage so far is Sen. Allan Kittleman, of Howard County, but some influential Republican Marylanders are beginning to weigh in. Joe Steffen, the longtime political operative to Republican former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., wrote a post on his Global Rhetoric blog defending First Lady Catherine Curran O'Malley for calling the some of lawmakers who switched their vote on same-sex marriage "cowards" and...
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January 31, 2012
I always thought Governor O'Malley was willing to sell his soul for votes, but now is seems his wife is willing to do so as well (First lady apologizes for 'coward' remark," Jan. 27). Joan Smith
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By Michael Dresser, The Baltimore Sun | January 29, 2012
Gov. Martin O'Malley told a national gathering of gays and lesbians in Baltimore on Sunday that he would fight to make Maryland the seventh state in the country to allow same-sex marriage, but he expressed regret for his wife's choice of words in endorsing the cause last week. Appearing before some 3,000 people at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force "Creating Change" conference at the Convention Center Hilton, the governor vowed to press for passage of a marriage equality bill in the General Assembly this year.
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by Annie Linskey | January 27, 2012
First Lady Catherine Curran O'Malley issued an apology this morning for saying that delegates who'd switched their votes on same-sex marriage last session were "cowards. " In a statement issued a few minutes ago, the First Lady said she let her "feelings get the better of me. " “I regret my recent choice of words," O'Malley said in the statement. The Associated Press reported Thursday night that the First Lady, speaking at the 24th annual Conference on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equality in Baltimore, said “there were some cowards that prevented it from passing.” Last year a same-sex marriage bill passed in the Senate, but was pulled from the House floor when leaders found they were a few votes short of passage.
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By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun | December 16, 2011
Ruth L. Thomas, whose philanthropic interests ranged from medical and educational institutions to helping newly arrived immigrants, died Wednesday of complications from a stroke at Springhouse Assisted-Living in Pikesville. Mrs. Thomas would have celebrated her 98th birthday this coming week. The daughter of Jacob Legum, founder of Park Circle Motor Co., and Rose l. Legum, a homemaker, Ruth Legum was born in Norfolk, Va., and moved with her family to Fairview Avenue in Forest Park in 1917.