The hunt for votes in favor of marriage equality is on in Annapolis. With the start of the Maryland General Assembly’s 90-day legislative session Jan. 11, advocates are actively lobbying Free State legislators to pass a marriage-equality bill after a similar bill died in the General Assembly last year.
Del. Heather Mizeur (D-Montgomery Co.), one of eight LGBT legislators in the General Assembly and a strong proponent of the measure, tells Metro Weekly that supporters of marriage equality have
pledged not to leave any stone unturned in passing this bill.”
In 2011, a marriage-equality bill passed the State Senate on a 25-22 vote, but was essentially killed in the House of Delegates after Judiciary Chairman Del. Joseph Vallario Jr. (D-Calvert, Prince George’s counties) recommitted the bill to committee for further discussion.
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