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BREAKING: Maryland Senate Passes Marriage Equality Bill!

According to GayPolitics.com, the Maryland senate just passed the bill nearly a week after the House of Delegates passed their version of the bill. Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley lobbied for and intends to sign the bill into law.

"We are enormously proud of Sen. Madaleno for his years of advocacy for LGBT Marylanders. This is a huge victory for him and for his openly gay and lesbian colleagues in the House, and a dramatic step forward for Maryland and its people," said Chuck Wolfe, president and CEO of the Victory Fund. "We also congratulate Equality Maryland, the Marylanders for Marriage Equality coalition and Gov. Martin O'Malley, whose lobbying and strategizing was so crucial to this victory." 

BREAKING: Maryland House of Delegates Passes Marriage Equality Bill, 72-67

Chuck Wolfe, the president of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, which works to elect out LGBT candidates, noted the role of out lawmakers in a statement.

"We're very proud of the gay and lesbian delegates whose leadership has been crucial in this debate," he said. "Maryland's lawmakers understand better the necessity of legal marriage for all couples because they serve alongside gays and lesbians whose loving, committed relationships reflect their own."