Ministers to show support for same-sex marriage in Maryland

News conference in Washington Friday

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Reverend Al Sharpton arrives at the BET Awards '11 held at the Shrine Auditorium on June 26, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.
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Posted: 09/21/2012

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Rev. Al Sharpton will be joining other ministers from around the country to support same-sex marriage in Maryland.
 

They are holding a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington on Friday.
 
The Rev. Delman Coates also is attending. He is a minister with the 8,000-member Mt. Ennon Baptist Church in Clinton.
 
Maryland voters will be deciding whether to allow same-sex marriage in Maryland on Election Day.

  

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