{"id":33012,"date":"2012-02-10T00:05:47","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T07:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=33012"},"modified":"2014-12-30T19:08:31","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T02:08:31","slug":"maryland-and-washington-state-entering-the-what-could-it-hurt-phase-of-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2012\/02\/maryland-and-washington-state-entering-the-what-could-it-hurt-phase-of-history.html","title":{"rendered":"Maryland (and Washington State) Entering the “What Could It Hurt?” Phase of History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

A reader writes:<\/p>\n

Thanks again for all of your blogging. I am a faithful reader, although not a full-fledged follower : ) <\/p>\n
Anyway, we live in Maryland and after last year\u2019s very narrow victory to defeat SSM, it is up again in our legislature, with our \u201cCatholic\u201d Governor O\u2019Malley making it his top priority to push this legislation through and sign it (Like Maryland doesn\u2019t have other problems. And his wife is calling us \u201ccowards!\u201d Hahaha!)<\/p>\n
This youtube clip is from a rally this past Monday in Annapolis \u2014 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Father DeAscanis is such an awesome, faithful priest\u2013hardly a coward. He\u2019d probably be arrested in Ireland! Please ask your readers to pray for us!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks and all the best to your and your loved ones.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s mysterious to me how it can be cowardly to face down a social movement that plans to use marriage as a tool for persecuting and jailing you for Ungoodthink. Anyway, God bless Fr. DeAscanis.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A reader writes: Thanks again for all of your blogging. 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