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The archbishop of Baltimore is warning Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley that he will have a vigorous fight on his hands if he tries to legalize same-sex “marriage.”  The governor had announced Friday that he is making gay “marriage” a legislative priority, following the success of gay activists in New York . “Maryland is not New York,” wrote Archbishop Edwin O’Brien of Baltimore in a statement to LifeSiteNews Tuesday.  “During the 2011 session, Maryland lawmakers chose not to redefine marriage because they listened to their Maryland constituents and stood by their deeply-held moral convictions.” A Maryland same-sex “marriage” bill passed the State senate in February, but it failed in the House of Delegates in March.  At that time, Gov. O’Malley had promised to sign the bill if the House had approved it. But he has now pledged to step up his efforts following the example of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo , a fellow nominal Catholic.  “There are times in Annapolis when a governor’s s

Image via Wikipedia Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley has set the passage of same-sex “marriage” as a legislative priority for next year, after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ’s success last month. “I certainly plan to be very active in support of it, and we’ll have other announcements in upcoming months,” Gov. O’Malley said Friday at a meeting for the National Governors Association in Salt Lake City . A Maryland same-sex “marriage” bill passed the State senate in February, but it failed in the House of Delegates in March.  Gov. O’Malley had promised to sign it if it been approved by the House. But now O’Malley has pledged to step up his efforts, following Gov. Cuomo’s example.  “There are times in Annapolis when a governor’s support can move an issue over the goal line,” he said. “I think we can learn from what they did [in New York],” he added. “One of the things we’re looking at in the drafting is how their clauses with regard to religious freedom were different from ours. That m