Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Brody's Notes... Maryland Governor To Attend Same-Sex Marriage Fundraiser With Baltimore Ravens Player

Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, (D) 
By Brody Levesque | ANNAPOLIS, MD -- Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, (D) is teaming up with the Baltimore Ravens' linebacker, Brendon Ayanbadejo, in a joint appearance next month to raise money for the campaign for the same-sex marriage ballot initiative occurring in this November elections.
O'Malley announced in an email on Wednesday that he and Ayanbadejo will attend a Monday Night Football party and fundraiser in Baltimore on October 8.
Last Thursday, O'Malley spoke at a New York City fundraiser on behalf of the Marylanders for Marriage Equality campaign. The big-ticket fundraiser was held atop a SoHo hotel where roughly 200 guests paid between $250 and $25,000 to mingle for two hours with celebrities.
Some of the notables in attendance were Sarah Jessica Parker, best known for her work on HBO’s “Sex & The City,” actors Julianne Moore (who played Sarah Palin in the HBO movie “Game Change”), Edward Norton and Susan Sarandon. Barbara Bush, daughter of former president George W. Bush attended along with former Clinton White House adviser Richard Socarides. 
Ayanbadejo drew national headlines earlier this month after he voiced support for same-sex marriage in a YouTube video which drew a sharp rebuke from state Delegate Emmett Burns Jr. (D-Baltimore County) who had written Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti asking him to restrain Ayanbadejo from speaking publicly on the issue. 
After the ensuing outrage leveled against him for attacking the Ravens linebacker, Burns withdrew his statements and apologised. 
This past spring Governor O'Malley had signed a bill that would permit same-sex couples to obtain marriage licences in Maryland starting Jan. 1, 2013. However, opponents collected enough signatures on the matter to force a referendum.

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