Some of the strongest opposition to same-sex marriage in Maryland has come from African-American ministers and family advocacy groups. Derek McCoy heads one that opposes the law.
"It is about the simple redefinition of marriage as we know it. And we believe that marriage is defined between one man and woman in itself," said McCoy. "And secondly, this is about religious freedom and our ability to speak out in a public square, and we have already seen that inhibited in other countries, especially our northern country Canada."
Conflict between gays, church
Pollard says she is troubled by the level of opposition to gay marriage by some local black ministers.
"I do not think that whoever you choose to worship to, God or Allah, whatever it is going to be, that at the end that is going to be the question about who you chose to love, who you chose to make a family with," said Pollard.
Maryland's marriage equality law would reserve the right of clergy to refuse to perform a gay marriage based on their religious belief.
"We want to make sure that every family has a chance to have equality under law," said Rich Madaleno, one of eight openly gay Maryland legislators who approved the same-sex marriage law for the referendum.
"We have a long history in this country of having a separate and unequal treatment of our fellow citizens, and I worry if this [law] does not pass we are going to be returning to that sort of past," he said.
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