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today, the state sentate will resume debate oo a bill to legalize same sex marriage. this comes after opponenets delayed talks yesterday.megan gilliland joins us now witt more on when e can expect a vote. good morring patrice,g---p lladersssay they wanted more time to prepare amendments... to either weaken the bill or kill it. it.now today... talks will rrsume.and supporters remain confident.they ttll us they have the votes needed tooget this bill passed again this year..ou may remember, last year the senatt passed aa similar bill to legalize same sex marriage. (madaaeno) "it will be a huge ddy ffr the familiis of our

gender couples and for thhir extended families who support t" them." a final vote is expected tonighh or tomorrow morning.if the senate approvessthe measure... opponents are stilllvowing the bill willlbe petitioned to referrndum.putting it on the november ballot for you to pecide..'m megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. petition drive to put the same-sex marriage bill to a stttewide vote.get more information at fox baltimore dot com.look for "same sex mmrriage petition"...under hot topics.once there write " same sex mmrriage should go to reffrendum" in the message box...and you will be put on the list to recieve information. 3&addocates speak out against a federal program that identifies illegaa immigrrnts in jail. --channing nats-- nats--members ffom ácasa de arylandá rallied

outside central booking wednesday... protesting the ásecure commmnitiesá program. it direets police to check if people they arrest áareá u-s citizens by comparing fiigerprints to immigration records.critics say that leads to racial profiling. "we dont want to be one of those places in the country where local law and local policiesshhae a damaging pefect and drive away immigrrntsswho make up such an important part of our eccnomic and cultural faaric of our city and community." community." secure communities is uued in nearly every jurisdiction in maryland and 41 other states. 3 ahead of the arizona and michigan primarres... the foor reeaining gop presidential candidates... alicia acuna has more on tte sppak about the issues before the ation. nation. -nats-just days ahead of two

crucial primaries... republiccn presidenttal candidates -- facinggoof in yet another debate ... this time in mesa, arizzna.romney says: "government servants shouldn't get paid more than the people who are paying &ptaxes."santorum sayss "gov romney raised 700 million dollars inntaxes and fees in ma. i've taxes."a new ap poll race between former g a close massachusetts governor mitt romney and former pennsylvania senator rick santorum...andd another poll shows the ppir running even ...ii michigan - romney's home turf.the two -- going head to head...santorum says: "you're entitled to your opinions mitt. you're not entitleddto mis represent the facts and you're misrepresenting the facts."and in what could be his last stand...newt gingrich stayinn on message.the former houss speaker...as well s texas congressman ron paull-- bothh doing their best to set themselves apart from the rest of the pack.gingrich says: "i &pjust think it's kind of silly for you to run an ad attacking somebody else for getting what you got wasn't what they got because what you got was right and they thee got was wrong."

ruuning for office they're really fiscally conservative. when they're in officeethey do something different."among the immigration and religion. gingrich ssys: "iidont think we've seen in the history f &pthis country the kind of attack on religious conscience, religious freedom, religiius tolerance that e've seen unddr arack obama." gingrich says: it is utterly stupid to say the us cannot control the borrer. it's a failure of will, it's a failure of enforcement."(on pam tag)acuna says: "this is the final debaae before super tuesday on march sixth, when voters in states will ssow who they'd prefer to represent them in november. in mesa, arizona, alicia acuna fox news."++ restrictions ++- cnn &pdebate footage will be made available without the conclusion of each ive debate. embargo in japan, and no affiliate or client re- will appeaa right at all times &pduring the ug may not be obscured. and see all of our stories about the race for the white house on our website...go to fox-baltimore dot com ... and click on the vote 2012 icon in the news eatures section.all of the stories on our website are free phe cost of gas... keeps going . up.drivers in maayland... are now paying an average of 3-63 a gallon.that's 21-cents higher than last month... and á51á cents higher than this time last year. year.today... president obama is expected to talk about the

riiing cost of gas.he scoree a victory on the payroll tax cut... but that could be erased by coosumers spending &ptheir extra money at the pump. brownback says: "i gottaaget to work, can't pay my mortgage with this mooey i'm paying for gaa. it hhs a dramatic effect on the us economy." there's still the poteetial &pfor a new gas tax here in maryland.if it passes... it cannt be chhllengee because its an appropriations bill.if you oppose the proposal... you must let yoor lawmakers know now.americans for prosperity began a petition drive. you can see the petition look for "stop theegas we're trying to ease your -3 pain at the pump.. it's our "fill up with fox" conttst. we're iving away 100 dollar gas cards all this week on have thhee chances to win - today. your first chance is at 6. for official contest rules... just go to foxbaltimore dot com. the warm weather has

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has lasted a quarter of a t century. "from the first day he loved his brother so much." for many years, they knew but as aalesbian couple, they haa doubts about whether it would happpn. "i remember vividly when i was vangie's friend, we had a friendship and she came out to me and she cried and amoog the many things she said, and one of the things she said i'll probably not have children. "ittwas agonizing for us hurting a child by bringing him into this life? they're going to have interracial pprents, they're going to have lesbian parents." after a decade of introspection, vangie and marita adopted their irst child."this is the day our ffrst son gabriee was adopted. we were just really happy! we were a family." six

months later:"that was crazy, just like it would be for anyone, to receive a call that your child'ssbaby brother was born, do you want him? and within hours you have 2 babies!" and for a short 4 1/2 month-long window when it was legal for gays and 3 lesbians to marry in california. vangie and marita tied the knot. "iijoke it waa really about saying i did rather than i do."other gay and lesbian couples are also cooinn out aa families. new census figures show same-sex couples make up one in every 100 california households. and like this family, one in five in the state re raising children. i juut sat down, i cried. i thought look at us! we're here on the front page as 3 lesbians and a little daughter and i thought wow, we're finally here and they don't havv to be afraid that their house is going to ggt firebombed or that their daughter ii going to get attacked n any way, then i thought what courage. a famill - they say that generatiins past were not

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p 500 also closed lower.honda is recalliig 46-thousand odyssey minivans. the recall involves 2008 and 2009 odyssey models equupped with power support the lift gates can t - leak and cause them to fall. reported.home prices fell in - decade. the associationnof realtors reports price on ppeviously owned homes dropped 2-percent from lowest reeding 2001. but the drop in home the sale of existing homes. phe realtors group says four-point-three percent in if &pyou are planning to hang on t some of your tax you aren't alone. americans plan to ssash some of the cash they get from uncle saa, survey by the national retail federation. just 12-intend to spend their refund on a major splurge -- television. about two-thirds of americans are refunds this edgar treiguts------nd-----m - cnn.scriptt---- coming up...

adele... fights back.who she &pgave the finger to... in an acceptance speech.. and why. why.the debate over legalizing same sex marriage continues megan gilliland, when weecan vote. &p3 3 3 3 3 3