i spoke with one of the students behind the petition and other students that plan to listen to him speak. >> this is the kickoff to the african black coalition conference. hosted by the black student union. saturday morning, minister louis farrakhan is scheduled to speak. >> i was excited. i know i have heard a lot about him. i've never had the opportunity to see him. i think it was a good idea. >> not everyone agrees because of past comments that he has made. >> you can call me racist but to the black people, i'm not ashamed of that. >> part of group urging fellow students to sign this online petition. >> my grandparents were holocaust survivors and l if you are a fair negative comments about the holocaust and comments where he calls himself hitler so i don't feel uncomfortable, i feel that it erases my personal past and ancestry. >> petition is only meant to let how others feel. >> in no way to do i want it to stop louis farrakhan or change their line. >> he supports free speech and the conference. >> i wish they could have chosen someone that would have given black empowerment to stud

i spoke with one of the students behind the petition and other students that plan to listen to him speak>> this is the kickoff to the african black coalition conference. hosted by the black student union. saturday morning, minister louis farrakhan is scheduled to speak. >> i was excited. i know i have heard a lot about him. i've never had the opportunity to see him. i think it was a good idea. >> not everyone agrees because of past comments that he has made. >> you can call me racist but to the black people, i'm not ashamed of that. >> part of group urging fellow students to sign this online petition. >> my grandparents were holocaust survivors and l if you are a fair negative comments about the holocaust and comments where he calls himself hitler so i don't feel uncomfortable, i feel that it erases my personal past and ancestry. >> petition is only meant to let how others feel. >> in no way to do i want it to stop louis farrakhan or change their line. >> he supports free speech and the conference. >> i wish they could have chosen someone that would have given black empowerment to studen

to referendum in have approval to officially launcc their petition drive. opponents saa they want voters to decide this issue. (glenn) "i believe that the people of maryland aae intelligent enough to eeecttus to office and ought to have the opportunity to have their &pvooces heaad on thissvery importaat issue." opponents will need more than 55-thousand signatures from maryland voters to get that question on the ballot this fall. but organizers say they're hoping to ollect neaaly douule ttat number to ensure they have enough ávalidá pignntures.i'm megan if you would like more g news..- information on the upcoming petition and to seeemore stories on the same-sex marriige ddbate...go to fox baltimore dottcom ... click &ppopics".marriage" under "hot governor martin o'malley's proposed gas tax is on ife-su. and brrddes. but with less y than six weeks left in the legislative session... a hearing on thh bill hassyet to be set. and ttere's talk among legislators... that iitmay not saundra jackson/agaiist gas tax: 13:21 i hope it doesn't gg forward because the gas i

opponents are not wasting any time to make sure they get more than 100,000 of these petitions signed by june. >> we are getting a lot of e- mails on this issue. >> governor martin o'malley may have signed same sex marriage into law, but there are a lot of unhappy people still out there. >> we are probably at a pace of getting over 100 every hour work. >> the marylanders marriage alliance once, and online drive creek >> we want to make sure we of whole marriage between one man and one woman. we are not against any group of people. we are just saying we have a value about where marriage should be and what it is in our state. >> the petition must be signed and returned. participating churches across the state will have petition drives on sunday and there will be street corner initiatives to get the 5600 signatures needed to get the law on the ballot. >> 150,000. we'll have more than enough. >> democratic delegate elliot burns says he plans to rolled his sleeves to get all the petitions signed. >> it is a detriment. everybody is going to get to be gay, and who is going to have children?

but they say a number of individual signed the petition.madison their morning news anchor as well as a colleague signed the petition in violation of station policy and what good journalism standard should be. alisyn: we have that morning anchor, we have i think a judge who signed one of the recall petitions. doesn't it question whether scott walker can get a fair shake in the court of puck opinion? >> you have a judiciary, over 30 judges have been found to sign recall petitions. in reality when you look at the judiciary, they are supposed to be an element of impartiality to that. suppose to be the ones to allow the public to con soup the information and do so in a way that's free from political bias. i think in wisconsin, freedom has been thrown out the window as people submit themselves to the political process. we are able as our organization media tractors find these individuals to make sure the public is aware of their partisan bias and make sure our -- alisyn: this was one of the cardinal rules of journalism school that you are not sup

they petition the bond bill to design the pink river bridge. in 1982, the lemon law came to the floor and in 1987, a bill reducing the state income tax circumvented the committee process. death penalty opponents have overwhelming support. there 66 co-sponsors on the bill. opponents point to the recent jury decision not to execute one inmate and they say it's an indication the public favors repealing capital punishment. >> it is not called capital deterrent. it's called capital punishment because the concept is the punishment needs to fit the crime. >> i'm going to try to get a death row inmate and record his testimony and to a 15 minute hearing. you don't need a lot of testimony. >> although the bill has 66 co- sponsors in the house, the gang of six committee members essentially killed its chances this year. >> thank you. one day after super tuesday, the fight is not over. mitt romney hopes to build on his momentum after squeaking out a win in ohio and five other states. a rick santorum supporter is calling on the newt gingrich to get out of th

she started this online petition asking pg&e to stop charging customers who opt out.ered more than 600 signatures. >> there is a wealth of scientific information, studies and reports. >> pg&e insists the meters are safe and accurate. radio emissions fall well below federal limits. however, after protests grew the california puc told pg&e to let customers keep their old meters if they wish. >> we hope opt out alternative they can participate in so this can get some relief when it comes to concerns about wireless technology. >> but the puc also approved the fee. >> i opted out of having a smartmeter. >> rose and many who signed her petition complain that it's unfair to force customers to pay a fee or live with the device they consider harmful. pg&e says the fees are needed to maintain the old analog system and send out meter readers for the opt out customers. >> reintroducing analog meters requires certain charges because we have to adjust them. >> the utility begin pressing customer forces a decision. >> to opt out of the smartmeter program, press 1. >> thousands recei

katie butler, a high school junior started the petition urging the mpaa to reconsider. now. thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> i understand in this particular documentary it's the f word that's mentioned six times and that's the reason for this r rating. why is it so important to get these r ratings changed to pb13? >> i started my petition on change.org to change the rating from r to pg13 because the kids need to see this movie. the kids who are bullied need to see the movie because that way they'll see other kids going through the same thing and they'll realize that they're not alone and if we all stand up together because there are so many of us we can definitely make a change and then the kids who are doing the bullying need to see the movie also because they can see the direct repercussions of their actions without having a teacher yell at them or parent yell at them and they'll receive that really important message in a better way. >> i heard you use the word us. have you experienced bullying in your life? >> yes. when i was in middle school, i came o

now, opponents have approval to officially launch their petition drive. f lately.some political observers say... pussing voters... is a growing trend. (crenson) "under the state constitution you have to get 3% of registered voters to sign the pptitions. if you a number of other social media to get those signattres, it's a llt easier than going door to door." doorr"opponents wiil need more than 55-thousand ávalidá signatures from maryland voters to get that questton onn the bbllot this fall. they're expected to relyy heavily on churchgoers whoo oppose same sex marriage... as their goal.i'm megan gilliland, fox455morning news. 3 an update now to a story you saw firrt on fox... concerning pa father being charged in his 5-year--ld dauuhter's death. police now say the father beat her to death, after a bathrrom accident. maathew including first-degree murder and child abuse. investigators say he callee police and paramedics to his home on callaway avenue att according to charging documents, he told police he found his daughter not breathing in an upstairs the h

the petition. they have a lot of information. they tell you more details about what happened that is the situation here in the news center. back to you. >>> top stories, a live look at the american legion where later this afternoon republican presidential hopeful mitt romney is scheduled arrive. he'll attend a town hall set for 3:30. maryland's primary is scheduled for april 3rd. early voting begins saturday in our state. >>> mayor rawlings-blake will reveal her budget for 2013 today. it closes a $48 million deficit. her goal is to draw 10,000 families to the city in the next decade and wants to cut crime. >>> the sale of some of our landmarks. how would you like to own a piece of baltimore's history? we're talking about 15 landmarks up for sale that includes the uptown mansion, the war memorial building across from city hall and the famous shot tower. >> it is unique and so baltimore. the bricks were made in baltimore. everybody that comes, remembers coming as a kid. so i think there's a love and

over 1000 people showed richmond addresses on the petition. the staff also stated that the numerous e-mail's at letters that were received by the entertainment commission should be disregarded because they are to generalize. they complain about the operation of this restaurant. the statement of facts continues, you cannot restate the facts. in this regard, the entertainment commission drops a footnote falsely asserting that supervisor mar support to that application. it is on record that we attach to that he opposes this. the first vote is to deny the permit. the vote was 4-1 with only the vice chairman voting in favor of the two denied a permit absolutely. without public comment or an opportunity for us to be heard, the amendment permits said that it will be from 4:00 to 6:00, which doesn't really address the public's safety issues because it occurs at 2:00 a.m.. the vice chairman stated that the reason the fast food restaurant should remain open will help people not be as strong. we will have this restaurant to help people not be as drunk. i

you would be the first city to join this petition, so thank you for listening.ase protect and defend safe access. you can find out more information by going to www.safeaccessnow.org/savesf. thanks. >> good afternoon. i am also a number of americans for safe access and president of the city college of san francisco chapter. i would also request that you introduce and pass an ordinance that directs the city attorney's office to file a brief to reschedule marijuana, and also, and introduce and pass an ordinance directing the city attorney's office to join in the state petition. the first county to join this multi-state effort and send a strong signal to california that they should follow san francisco's lead. thank you for listening. please protect and defend safe access. >> good afternoon. first, give an honor to god, whom i served. trayvon martin's family in florida and all the families that have suffered from homicide and violence in this country, we stand with you. we stand with all of you. to the president of the board and the board of supervisors, i am the co

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. >> reporter: the pastor hosted an organization and training meeting designed to circulate petitions that could allow maryland voters to overturn the new gay marriage law. >> from god's perspective, we need to take a stand. in order to save america, to save our family, we must take a stand. and that's what i believe citizens are do. >> reporter: about 60 people turned out in an effort to stop the gay marriage law from going into effect. some believe that civilization itself is on the line. >> roman empire went into odd things sexually. and eventually they were destroyed. >> reporter: petitions will be handed out in churches starting this sunday or -- >> in remote area, can't get to a petition drive, you can go online. >> reporter: the online version will make sure the circulator's name is spelled exactly as it appears on voter registration list. supporters of same-sex marriage are getting ready for the fight. >> there are families all over the state of maryland that just want to go to city hall, and take care of their family and have their family recognized by state. >> reporter: und

so they could use 2012 and them being a swing state, to build up their petition signatures. because they have until about july 4th to collect over 385,000 signatures. so we're not sure we'll see it this year. but it could be a possibility for an off year like 2013 or 2015. personhood in oklahoma. oklahoma is a little bit eye of the personhood storm right now. i'm sure you've all seen the revamping of the personhood bill in their legislature. this did pass the senate overwhelmingly. i think only four people voted against it. and this was during the time of the virginia ultrasound. so it quietly went away, because there was a lot of outrage. and i don't think people in oklahoma wanted that outrage on them too. it's kind of come back. but not only is legislation on march 1st, personhood oklahoma filed a ballot initiative. again, it's personhood classic language, life begins at conception. and they said they will file three. so we're unsure what that looks like yet. we're unsure if this is another nevada situation where they wait until there is a challenge, withdraw, use that ch

right now we have to see if they will petition for review in the next 14 days. the earliest that if there was not a petition for review, the very earliest something could happen would be going before the supreme court if they were to accept its in the late fall or early winter of this year, but that is a very aggressive timeline. >> [inaudible] >> i did. >> [inaudible] >> that's correct. that's correct. that's correct. >> [inaudible] >> yeah. i mean, this is -- if you go back and look at a briefing in this case, that is the exact argument that the city made and terry argued in the ninth circuit. in the chronicle this morning, there could of been a variety of ways that this case went. the ninth circuit chose a narrow approach that applies only to california. and based upon the panoply of rights that are already given to lgbt people in califormiania, there was no rational basis to have prop 8 be declared constitutional. they said it was so focused on taking the dignity away from same-sex couples that there was no rational basis whatsoever. it could not be reconcil

to referendum in november.right now, opppneets have approval to officially launch their petition drive. opponents ay they want voters po decide this issue. ppople of maryland are the - intelligent enough to ellct us to office and ought to have the opportunity to have their voices heard on this very important ssue." opponents will need more than 55-thoussnd signatures from maryland voterr to get that question on the ballot this fall. if you would like more information on the upcoming petition and to see more storiee on the same-sex marriige debate...go to fox baltimore dot com ... click "same sex marriage" under "hot topics". 3 an update now to a story you saw firrt on fox... concerning a father being charged in his 5-year-old daughter's death. police now say tte father beat her to death, after a bathroom accident. matthew carr faces several charres, includdng first-degree murder and child abuse. investigatorrssay he called police and paramedics to his home on callaway avenue at about 10-30 monday night. accooding to chaaging documents, he tood pollce he found his daaghtee not breathing

we durnd in petitions that is a sign folks are not going to let go of the rope in the tug of war.ot stop until we secure our franchise. >> reverend, thank you for your time i looked forward to talking to you and i hope you will keep us posted. i know the fight continues. >> thank you so much. >> coming up an odd personal ad, mitt romney seeks humans, an odd new match, that is coming up. blast of cold feels nice. why don't you use bengay zero degrees? it's the one you store in the freezer. same medicated pain reliever used by physical therapists. that's chilly. [ male announcer ] new bengay zero degrees. freeze and move on. [ male announcer ] new bengay zero degrees. [ male announcer ] even if you think you can live with your old mattress... ask me how i've never slept better. [ male announcer ] ...why not talk to one of the 6 million people who've switched to the most highly recommended bed in america? it's not a sealy, a simmons, or a serta. ask me about my tempur-pedic. ask me how i can finally sleep all night. ask me how great my back feels every morning. [ male announcer ] did

we turned in 50 boxes, 226,000 signatures, 24,000 petitions. and that is a sign and symbol that folks in the state of michigan are not going to let go of the rope in this tug of war. we will not stop until we secure our franchise. >> reverend david bullock, thank you so much for your time tonight. i look forward to uk toing to you about it. i hope you keep us posted. i know this fight continues. >> thank you very much. >> coming up an odd personal ad, mitt romney seeks humans, an odd new match. that's coming up. [ multiple sounds making melodic tune ] ♪ [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, every innovation, every solution, comes together for a single purpose -- to make the world a safer place. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. the calcium they take because they don't take it with food. switch to citracal maximum plus d. it's the only calcium supplement that can be taken with or without food. that's why my doctor recommends citracal maximum. it's all about absorption. you want to hear you've done a good job. that's why i reco

we filed a new petition to the u.n. working group on arbitrary detention, urging it to find this new period of detention is also in violation of international law. although he is only one of many chinese prisoners of conscience, mr. gao's case is an important bellwether for three reasons. first, mr. gao is not a traditional dissident. he is a lawyer, a vanguard of the rights defending movement. he attempted to promote the rights of his clients from working within the system. his case shows the government's willingness to persecute those that promote the rule of law from within, but he is not alone. the government continues to hold prominent lawyer chen guan quan. he organized a class-action lawsuit exposing abuses under china's one child policy. the government is also moving forward with the prosecution of a well-known tenants rights lawyer. second, the continued detention of mr. gao is instructive because it is part of a larger crackdown in which the chinese government continues to stifle freedom of expression. as amba

. >> reporter: earlier this month a blogger started a petition drive to get it out of school lunches. >> people are very upset that this is in 70% of our ground beef, up to 15%, and it's not labeled. >> reporter: the public outcry was heard. now schools can choose not to serve beef with the product and big grocery chains, including krieger, safeway and food lion have stopped selling it. as a result, three processing plants in texas, kansas and iowa have stopped work, idling more than 650 employees. defenders say the product is 100% meat and actually makes ground beef leaner, because the fat's been removed. food experts say it's posed no health threat. >> americans have probably been eating it for a long time. it appears to be safe. >> reporter: here in the heart of beef country, diners have no plans to give it up. >> i prefer to have this meat

catherine: anywhere they went we had the petition with us. my kids took them to school.their teachers to sign them, both the high school kids, the grade school kids. poussaint: the league soon had 1,000 signatures on their petition, and they enlisted a powerful ally --- the press. we're coast to coast. your brian showed up in the sporting news. and the new york times magazine section came out and interviewed all the boys, too. doreen: we learned the media was our friend in this case. and i think it was a real feel-good kind of story for a change. and when all was said and done, i think we had over 20 newspaper articles in various publications. and the word spread like wildfire. poussaint: meanwhile, state senator christine radogno looked into what it would take to change the law. radogno: what i also found out, though, is that this would not be a slam-dunk. as sensible as it sounded, there would be opposition to it. and when it had come up before, it was usually from the labor unions. and their position has traditionally been that they don't want to open up the child lab

public behind them in a way that is hard to be done through words and petitions alone.oal with pu behind them in a way that is hard to be done through words and petitions alonl with public behind them in a way that is hard to be done through words and petitions alone. and where the allender cartoons and the sufficient suffragist are reaching into the party to keep them informed, the banners are a way of public outreach to find new members to join the party. and this is a corps of women with the tricolor leaving the headquarters which at the time was across lafayette park from the white house, going to the white house to picket. so in the best sense you have a contingent of women leaving, crossing the street to call upon the president. and it is as it was in armies a call that -- they're the colors. you're rallying around your coloring. it's a call to battle. other baners that would have been used in parades, at rallies and in picketing include "standing together women shall take their lives into their own keeping." actually this is from the exhibit on display now at the

one group says it's printing the petition forms and will start collecting the 55,726 needed to send the issue to referendum. >> i have in my hand a pencil and it has an eraser on the end. they might as well have signed that bill. reporter: the bill allows the first gay marriages to begin happening next year. if those signatures are collected by may 31st it will go on the november ballot. 49% of marylanders are in favor of same-sex marriage and 47% oppose it. linda stow, abc 2 news: news time 4:33. four people in baltimore are accused of taking part in a cocaine ring. officers say the suspects bought it and then sold it in the ool toon a, pennsylvania leader. investigators say about five pounds of cocaine have been sold a week which is around $2 million total. we've learned this morning that nearly 2000 people could have jobs in western maryland. the maryland petroleum council says western maryland could be home to more than 350 natural gas wells. economists say those wells would bring in roughly $440 million during a 30-year period. that proposal is still awaiting approval. >>> anne aru

and she's got some big support on her side. >> a petition has been started by a high school student inng. her name is katie butler and is in the audience today. hi, katie. good for you. i'm proud of you. >> over 200,000 people have signed katie's petition, including ellen, but will it make a difference? katie butler is joining me now. nice to see you today. >> you too, thank you so much for having me. >> absolutely. you, yourself, had a personal reaction to bullying, the experience that you suffered in your own life and now seeing this film, what can you tell us about your own personal experiences and why you want a petition to make sure kids see this film? >> well, when i was in seventh grade, i came out as a lesbian to my school, and a lot of people in any school didn't like. that they bullied me and pushed me into lockers and ended up one daybreaking my finger. and that was a really horrible experience. so when i saw that the new movie "bully" was coming out, i thought it was a wonderful thing. it was so exciting because it could be such a new take on bullying in the united states.

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right now, when a petition, the group that's circulating the petition doesn't have a formal officialke one. and any smart campaign would aim higher than the 50% requirement. desert trails, we submitted more than 70%, in mckinley and compton, there was 60%. and so the same is always to reach as many parents and that's what the parents and desert trails did. they knocked on doors, they held public meetings, they did everything they could within the law to make sure that this was an open and transparent process. >> christina sanchez, we'll follow it for sure. thanks for your time. >> thank you. >>> the race for the gop nomination hasn't exactly been a smooth one. now the front-runner's saying it's time to end it. could today's southern primaries do just that? that's next. sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. for a hot dog cart. my mother said, "well, maybe we ought to buy this hot dog cart and set it up someplace." so my parents went to bank of america. they met with t

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reporter: they'll being out a petition collecting as many signatures they can. governor o'malley was joined by lawmakers as he signed the bill into law last night. outside the statehouse, supporters gathered to witness the bill signing, but opponents are vowing to get the law erased. the maryland marriage alliance says it's printing the petition form and will start collecting the 55,726 signatures needed to send the issue to referendum. some lawmakers took jabs at the governor's intentions. >> i have in my hand a pencil and it has an eraser on the end. they might as well have signed that bill in the lead. reporter: now, the bill allows the first gay marriages to happen beginning of next year. if 1/3 of those signatures are collected by may 31st and the remaining by june 31st, it will go on the november ballot. a recent poll shows 49% of marylanders are in favor of same-sex marriage and 47% oppose it. linda stow, abc 2 news. >>> and all new this morning, video just released from a hit and run in laurel. police say they've not identified the driver just yet, but t

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amber lee is live where students issued their petitions. >> reporter: a dozen protesters held a sit in here and refused to move. around 7:00 tonight one by one, protesters emerged from the state building. they had been cited for trespassing after refusing to leave the area. >> but i'm going to have my pay cut and i'm already working harder because the class sizes are larger. there's less services for the students and so the teachers have to fill in the gaps. >>> this protester was also detained and proudly held up her citation. she told us she came to the state building to participate in a teach in. >> we did a really successful action where we went to the offices of mark leno, the office of leland yee. >> these protesters told us the lawmakers weren't there but they had their staff fax a letter to the state capital. the demands include fully funding public education and social services. tax the rich and drop student loan debts. >> how much of your paycheck goes to the student loan? >> i would say 40%. it's more than my rent in this city. >> reporter: some people attended a day of acti

amber lee is live where students issued their petitions. >> reporter: a dozen protesters held a sit in here and refused to move. around 7:00 tonight one by one, protesters emerged from the state building. they had been cited for trespassing after refusing to leave the area. >> but i'm going to have my pay cut and i'm already working harder because the class sizes are larger. there's less services for the students and so the teachers have to fill in the gaps. >>> this protester was also detained and proudly held up her citation. she told us she came to the state building to participate in a teach in. >> we did a really successful action where we went to the offices of mark leno, the office of leland yee. >> these protesters told us the lawmakers weren't there but they had their staff fax a letter to the state capital. the demands include fully funding public education and social services. tax the rich and drop student loan debts. >> how much of your paycheck goes to the student loan? >> i would say 40%. it's more than my rent in this city. >> reporter: some people attended a day of acti

we didn't agree to raise the wall from approximately four feet up to nine feet, he would file a petition. so there was no effort on his part to make any sort of outreach to us. we, in effect, were threatened with this process. we believe, if you take a look at the notes, that we are reducing the glazing and also the footprint of the house and we hope to live in this house for many years and to be good neighbors to all around us. thank you very much. president fong: d.r. requester, is there any other public comment in favor of the project sponsor? seeing none, d.r. requester, you have rebuttal of two minutes. >> this was no threat that was made to this gentleman. i was going out of town and i suggested that we talk and the architect did not put me in touch with them so i said i would file a petition and there i did. thank you. president fong: project sponsor? you have a rebuttal opportunity. hearing is closed. commissioners? commissioner moore? commissioner moore: i find the proposed alteration completely within means that is modest and does not raise even a discussion in the scope. i thi