Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley suggests he would sign gay marriage bill

Dan82 · Sep 10, 2010

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/annapolis/2010/09/omalley_suggests_he_would_sign.html

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) on Thursday suggested that he would sign a bill supporting gay marriage if reelected and one passed the state's General Assembly, which has so far been reluctant to do so.

The comment by O'Malley on WTOP went slightly further than he had previously, and was his most direct public comment on gay marriage during his reelection bid. During his first term, O'Malley has consistently stopped short of endorsing same-sex marriage and said he favors civil unions.

O'Malley's remark came in response to a question from a caller on the station's "Ask the Governor" program about the future of gay marriage in Maryland.

"I don't have a crystal ball to predict how this goes," O'Malley said, "but I do know this: I know the people of our state well enough that for all of the differences and diversities of backgrounds and opinions, that all of us want to find a way to craft our laws in such a way that it treats people equally under the law...

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Leon481 · Sep 10, 2010

It's an election promise and those should never be taken at face value, but I hope he does what he says he will.

x2x2x2x2y2 · Sep 10, 2010

Leon481 said: ↑

It's an election promise and those should never be taken at face value, but I hope he does what he says he will.
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^Agreed.

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