FREDERICK, Md. (AP) -- The Frederick County Commission for Women is holding a candlelight vigil provoked by comments about marriage and child-rearing made by two conservative county commissioners.
The event is planned from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday in front of Winchester Hall, the downtown building where the county commissioners meet.
Commission President Jennifer Charlton-Shuldes says the vigil is a response to comments made by Republicans Paul Smith and Kirby Delauter about the sacrifices their wives made to stay home and raise their children.
The men made the comments at a Feb. 8 meeting at which they voted to cut county funding for Head Start, an educational daycare program for poor families.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Comments Provoke Women's Vigil In Frederick
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FREDERICK, Md. (AP) -- The Frederick County Commission for Women is holding a candlelight vigil provoked by comments about marriage and child-rearing made by two conservative county commissioners.
The event is planned from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday in front of Winchester Hall, the downtown building where the county commissioners meet.
Commission President Jennifer Charlton-Shuldes says the vigil is a response to comments made by Republicans Paul Smith and Kirby Delauter about the sacrifices their wives made to stay home and raise their children.
The men made the comments at a Feb. 8 meeting at which they voted to cut county funding for Head Start, an educational daycare program for poor families.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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