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| Gay rights supporters rally in Annapolis this week, after the Maryland high court heard arguments in a lawsuit challenging the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. (Photo by Chris Gardner/AP) |
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By: JOSHUA LYNSEN COMMENTS
 
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Furmansky said the case’s 19 plaintiffs aren’t seeking to redefine marriage.
“They want the state of Maryland to open up legal marriage to them,” he said, “and to let them be a full part of their communities and of this state.”
Furmansky said he hoped the judges would “look toward fairness and justice” for same-sex couples.
“We ask our fellow Marylanders today to walk a mile in our shoes,” he said. “We ask you to open up your hearts, and to help us to protect our children, to help us to live longer, to help us to be happier and healthier and to help us to know the stability and serenity that you know in your marriage.”
It’s unclear when the court will issue its ruling. Choe said his clients were given no timetable and can only wait.
“There is no deadline by which the court must issue its ruling,” he said. “These cases tend to take longer than other cases, because they are somewhat more complex and provocative than other cases.”
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