maryland was founded in the mid-17th century by the english, by the catholic lord baltimore and founded to be a society where people of different faiths could live together peacefully. this vision was soon codified in maryland's 1649 act concerning religion, also called the toleration act which was the first law in our nation's history to protect an individual's right to freedom of conscience. maryland's experiment in religious toleration, however, ended within a few decades. around the turn of the 18th century the colony was placed under royal control and the church of england became the established religion. discriminatory laws including the loss of political rights were enacted against those who refused to conform. catholic chapels were closed. catholics were restricted to practicing their faith in their homes. the catholic community lived under those conditions until the american revolution. both charles, carol and his father although wealthy landowners were barred from active participation in politics because of their roman catholic faith. despite this legal restrictions, in the ea

maryland was founded in the mid 17th century by the english, by the catholic lord baltimore. and it was founded to be a society where people of different faiths could live together peacefully. this was soon codified in maryland's 1649 act concerning religion, also called the toleration act, which was the first flaw in our -- first law in our nice's history to protect an individual's right to freedom of conscience. maryland's experiment in religious toleration, however, ended within a few decades. around the turn of the 18th century, the colony was placed under royal control and the church of england became the established religion. discriminatory laws including the loss of political rights were enacted against those who refused to conform. catholic chapels were closed. and catholics were restricted to practicing their faith in their homes. the catholic community lived under those conditions until the american revolution. both charles carroll and his father, although wealthy landowners, were barred from active participation in politics because of their roman catholic faith. de

year the maryland jockey club asked zeus to assign me to be the lord of the fest and i was greeted with open arms by the city of baltimorebaltimoreian. my mother is from ellicott city, a waitress from humble stock and preekness. reporter: tell us about the infield fest this year. i've got some big acts coming in. it's going to be fun, huh? >> the kids say it's going to be off the chain. this year we -- i, actually, have invited maroon 5, kalifa, the darkness, little big town and local favorites mr. green jeans. so moon 5 and kalifa alone should bring in just about every single person in the mid- atlantic seaboard. reporter: wonderful. tell me what this is. does that make a sound? is what do you do with that? >> actually, it's not something that can be heard by mortal ears, but if i do blow my spirit into it, what it does is it calls out to my father preakness on mount olimpus and to zeus to let him know i'm behaving. reporter: that's what we want people to do. >> absolutely. we want people to behave, we want them to have fun and we want them to be legendary, to take care of themselves and to take care of everyone around

lord. >> african-americans had been a strong base of support for the president, polls show they're more likely than whites to oppose same-sex marriage. that has softened in recent years. in baltimore, emmitt burns is so upset he publicly withdrew his support for president obama and said the issue will cost him the election. >> people i know, people come up to me and are saying they don't support this, they don't like this, they're disappointed at the president. and they plan to stay home. i don't plan to vote for romney. but right now i plan to stay home. >> burns, a maryland legislator, is leading up a petition drive to support a vote on a new state law legalizing same-sex marriages. >> a report there from tina davis from abc news. we spent a little time on this with politico abbey phillips. >> let's talk about all of that right now. i guess the president what they're mentioning is going on the view. that's a topic in the discussion on "the view." do you see it as a topic throughout the campaign? >> it's a topic for now because it's at the moment. last week, surprised people, forced republicans to respond to it. mitt romney did that on saturday at liberty university. but i think

lord. >> african-americans have been a strong base of support, poles show they are more likely than white to oppose same sex marriage in baltimore, this pastor pubically withdrew his support and says the issue will cost him the election. >> people i know, people come up to me are saying that they don't support this. they don't like this. they are disappointed with the president and they plan to stay home. i don't plan to vote for romney for sure. right now i plan to stay home. >> he was also a maryland legislator, leading a drive against a state law legalizing same sex marriage. >> that is very interesting. athena jones joins us live. is there any official language from the white house? >> we will not get an official reaction. the president is aware of the black community's -- many in the black community's stance on this. and the truth is when we talk to a lot of congregates, a lot of people worshipping whether it was atlanta or new york or baltimore. many still answered absolutely with resounding yeses most of the time when it came to the request of whether they would go on to support him. the white house is aware of this divis

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lord. >> reporter: polls show they are more likely than whites to oppose same-sex marriage. that opposition has softened in recent years. in baltimoreithdrew his support for president obama on sunday and says the issue will cost him the election. >> people i know, people have come up to me are saying that they don't support this. they don't like this. they are disappointed with the president and they plan to stay home. i don't plan to vote for romney for sure. right now i plan to stay home. >> reporter: burns who is also a maryland legislature is leading a petition drive to force a public vote on a state law legalizing same-sex marriages. >> same-sex marriage split between the president and black pastors comes as the naacp is launching a major voter registration drive. marvin randolph is the group's senior vice president for campaigns. welcome. >> good morning. >> so you heard what reverend burns said in baltimore. he said that african-american voters are going to stay home and not vote for the president. this could cost the president his job. do you agree? >> well, i think what's important this election year is that we remind peopl