Comments | ontd_political: In Maryland, Gay Marriage Seeks a ‘Yes’ at the Polls

adinasauce in ontd_political

In Maryland, Gay Marriage Seeks a ‘Yes’ at the Polls

Aug 26, 2012 14:09

When Marylanders go to the polls in November, the state could become the first to affirm same-sex marriage in a popular vote.

In March, lawmakers in Maryland approved a measure to allow such unions, but it came with a built-in escape hatch: it would not take effect until 2013 ( Read more... )

election 2012, maryland, marriage, lgbtq / gender & sexual minorities

Comments 15

chaya August 26 2012, 22:51:26 UTC

You need a cut and the article title.

adinasauce August 26 2012, 22:57:48 UTC

Weird, I originally had both! LJ was being weird when I submitted. Will fix. Thanks :D

chaya August 26 2012, 23:02:54 UTC

Ty for the fast fix.

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adinasauce August 26 2012, 23:12:41 UTC

No problem!

Hope it's okay to toss this in here... adinasauce August 26 2012, 23:09:46 UTC

If any of y'all are interested in helping to support marriage equality in these states, feel free to check out Marylanders for Marriage Equality, Washington United for Marriage, Mainers United for Marriage, and Minnesotans United for All Families.

My partner and I are volunteering and fundraising for Minnesotans United for all Families and we are making hilarious videos every time we raise $50, which we've gotten to do once (thanks to my mom, hehe):

Full recipe for the cookies I made is in the video description if you open it up on Youtube. THEY'RE REALLY GOOD I'M EATING ONE RN OM NOM NOM

I actually have a post about this (including links to all four organizations, not just my stuff) up on Tumblr if anyone is interested in some rebloggage :D

mer1973 August 27 2012, 00:50:08 UTC

Speaking as a Marylander who gets polling calls, most of them deal with gambling. In the last call, marriage was only about one question in the entire poll. Of course, I unplugged the phone 3 week ago because I was sick of the collection agencies calling for the people who had the number before me, so I don't know what the latest set of questions are.

yamamanama August 27 2012, 01:23:26 UTC

I'm not very optimistic.

But at least it's a vote to legalize same-sex marriage, not a vote for a constitutional ban. At least they can try again until it works.

zinnia_rose August 27 2012, 02:05:17 UTC

I fervently hope it passes.

But the whole thing is so fucked up in the first place. The majority should not get to vote on the civil rights of the minority.

adinasauce August 27 2012, 03:21:31 UTC

Totally agree on both counts!