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发帖数: 4174 | 1 Posted on Advocate.com July 12, 2011 09:35:00 AM ET
Advocates Gear Up for Maryland Marriage Battle
By Andrew Harmon
Seeking to build on the momentum of New York’s historic marriage victory, a
coalition of LGBT rights organizations and liberal groups has begun to lay
the groundwork for marriage equality in Maryland.
The Washington Post reports that the new coalition Marylanders for Marriage
Equality, which includes the Human Rights Campaign, Freedom to Marry, and
Equality Maryland, will launch its broadened effort during a Tuesday press
conference in Baltimore.
“[W]e’ll be running a very aggressive campaign that targets specific
districts and regions where we need to shore up our vote count,” said one
pro-equality lawmaker, Del. Heather R. Mizeur (D-Montgomery).
Maryland lawmakers shelved a marriage bill in March after it became clear
that there were not enough votes in the state House of Delegates to pass it.
The Maryland state senate had narrowly passed a bill legalizing marriage
equality in February.
In the last state marriage equality effort, Mizeur said, “We all started
running toward getting a bill passed without building a campaign in advance.
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