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| Del. Emmett C. Burns, Jr. (center) introduced a bill that would prohibit Maryland
from recognizing gay marriages performed outside the state. He said he does not
want gays to ‘sashay your way up to the altar and demand marriage.’
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of Marriage Act.
On Monday, Ohio Gov. Bob Taft (R) signed one of the nation’s most sweeping DOMA
bills that not only bans gay marriage but declares that “specific statutory
benefits of marriage” are against the “strong public policy of the state.”
Furmansky said Equality Maryland is lobbying to have sexual orientation and
gender identity added to the state’s 1988 hate crimes law and advocating for
another measure that would allow gay partners to make medical decisions for
one another.
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