BALTIMORE (AP) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is coming to Maryland to speak in favor of same-sex marriage in Maryland.
Bloomberg is scheduled to hold a news conference with Gov. Martin O'Malley and Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake in Baltimore on Friday.
Bloomberg recently donated $250,000 to the Marylanders for Marriage Equality campaign.
Maryland voters will be deciding whether to allow same-sex marriage in the state on Election Day.
Meanwhile, President Barak Obama has thrown his weight behind ballot measures legalizing same sex marriage in the states of Maryland, Maine and Washington state.
Thursday's endorsements were issued through the state branches of Obama's re-election campaign.
In all three states, the outcome is expected to be close, though polls so far give an edge to gay-marriage supporters.
If any of the measures are approved, it would be the first time a state legalized same-sex marriage through a popular vote.
Thus far, all 32 states voting on gay marriage have rebuffed it, while the six states that have legalized it did so through legislation or court orders.
