A petition with nearly 700 signatures; hecklers who had to be called to order; religious leaders with conflicting views; elected officials invoking parental rights; an ACLU lawyer invoking the law; and school board members whose comments included terrorists, psychotics and recreational sex; all made for a dramatic public comment period at the school board meeting […]
Of Civil Unions and Civil Rights: Gay Fathers Testify in Annapolis
A cold wind whips through Annapolis on a Monday night, but the crowd is untouched. Several hundred people gather next to the Governor’s Mansion for a demonstration. Every ten feet or so someone holds up a sign with a district number. Police orbit the crowd waiting for trouble, but mostly giving directions. It looks like […]
