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03-05-2010, 11:31 AM
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Maryland: Senate Holds Hearings on Opposing Gay Marriage Bills
Gay marriage advocates in Maryland urged state lawmakers Wednesday to follow the lead of nearby Washington, D.C., where same sex couples were applying for marriage licenses for the first time.
The Maryland Senate’s Judicial Proceedings Committee had hearings scheduled on one bill that would legalize gay marriage in Maryland and another that would invalidate a recent attorney general opinion and prohibit the state from recognizing same sex marriages authorized by other states. Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler said last week in a long-awaited opinion that state agencies must now recognize out-of-state gay marriages until the Legislature or courts decide otherwise. In addition to the District of Columbia, same sex marriage is legal in Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont.
Baltimore resident Donna Martin says she married her wife in California in 2008 before voters there repealed laws that permitted gay marriage. “We knew when we got married that we would be coming back here with no rights as spouses,” Martin said. “We’re here today to try to push that idea along so that people in Maryland can have the same rights as people in other states do.”
Full Story from WBOC.com
Click here for gay marriage resources in Maryland.
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Maryland: Senate Holds Hearings on Opposing Gay Marriage Bills
Gay marriage advocates in Maryland urged state lawmakers Wednesday to follow the lead of nearby Washington, D.C., where same sex couples were applying for marriage licenses for the first time.
The Maryland Senate’s Judicial Proceedings Committee had hearings scheduled on one bill that would legalize gay marriage in Maryland and another that would invalidate a recent attorney general opinion and prohibit the state from recognizing same sex marriages authorized by other states. Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler said last week in a long-awaited opinion that state agencies must now recognize out-of-state gay marriages until the Legislature or courts decide otherwise. In addition to the District of Columbia, same sex marriage is legal in Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont.
Baltimore resident Donna Martin says she married her wife in California in 2008 before voters there repealed laws that permitted gay marriage. “We knew when we got married that we would be coming back here with no rights as spouses,” Martin said. “We’re here today to try to push that idea along so that people in Maryland can have the same rights as people in other states do.”
Full Story from WBOC.com
Click here for gay marriage resources in Maryland.
To subscribe to this blog, use the rss feed on the right, or use the form at right to join our email list. You can also email us at [email protected]. Or find us on Facebook – just search for Gay Marriage Watch (you’ll see our b/w wedding pic overlooking the Ferry Building and Bay Bridge in SF). We’re also tweeting daily at Gay Marriage Watch (gaymarriagewatc) on Twitter (https://www.twitter.com/gaymarriagewatc).