A bill giving gay and lesbian couples the same rights as their counterparts is set to pass an important House committee on Tuesday after the bill passed the Senate last week.
“We have nearly 68 delegates willing to support the measure,” Thom Shanker, a gay rights advocate in Maryland, told Politically Illustrated. “We only need a few more to guarantee that gay and lesbian couples in Maryland receive the same rights as straight couples.”
The bill needs the support of 22 delegates to pass the committee – sponsors of the bill hold 12 of the committee’s 22 seats, making the chance of passage cocksure. But approval by the full House is still uncertain.
Full Story from Politically Illustrated
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