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Image via Wikipedia BALTIMORE, MD , August 17, 2011  – Edwin O’Brien , the archbishop of Baltimore , isn’t happy with the Catholic governor of Maryland ’s decision to sponsor homosexual “marriage” legislation, but the governor has said that has no intention of backing down. A July letter from Archbishop Edwin O’Brien to Governor Martin O’Malley , a Democrat, and an August 4 written response by the governor, were both  posted  on the governor’s blog last Tuesday. In his original letter Archbishop O’Brien challenged Governor O’Malley to act in line with his faith and not to support homosexual “marriage,” suggesting that the governor was acting out of “mere political expediency.” “Preserving the central role of the natural family unit has always been — and should continue to be — the reason why our government recognizes marriage as existing between one man and one woman,” he said. O’Brien suggested that the July passage of similar legislation in New York has intensified pressure on

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

Image via Wikipedia The new head of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) at the Diocese of Salt Lake City is a former political candidate who supported same-sex “marriage” and the promotion of contraception in the schools; she also opposed attempts to tighten Utah’s abortion law. Jean Welch Hill, who ran as a Democrat for state attorney general in 2008, took over last week as director of the diocesan CCHD and the Peace and Justice Commission.  She will also serve as the government liaison, acting as a lobbyist for the diocese. Hill’s 2008 campaign  was backed  by Planned Parenthood and the homosexual lobby group Equality Utah , with contributions from each. “I just think this shows incredibly poor judgment,” a concerned Catholic member of the diocese close to the situation, who asked not to be identified, told LifeSiteNews about Hill’s appointment.  “It’s very troubling that someone who is for all intents and purposes pro-Planned Parenthood, and who is against schoo