How black delegates put the kibosh on same-sex marriage in Maryland by Hassan Giordano
Prince George's and Baltimore County, along with Baltimore City delegates, stand with others in opposition of the Democratic leadership. http://www.examiner.com/independent-in-baltimore/how-black-delegates-put-the-kibosh-on-same-sex-marriage-maryland
After close to 2½ months of pushing for a measure that seemingly divided most legislators based solely on religious principle and beliefs, it took only 2½ hours of debate, in the Maryland House of Delegates, to see that proponents of the bill did not have the 71-votes needed for passage. SB116, the Civil Rights Protection Act, which breezed through the Senate with little debate and even less opposition from African American senators, met a far different fate in the chambers right across the hall.
Being led by the vocal leadership of Baltimore County Delegate Emmett Burns (D-10) - as Republican Delegate Don Dwyer, the self-proclaimed face of the opposition, sat back relishing in the moment - black lawmakers showed their strength in the legislature, joined by a united GOP front. The bill, which saw earlier oppositional push-back from co-sponsors Jill P. Carter of Baltimore City and Tiffany Alston of PG County, had many in the House debating the merits of the legislation, while questioning the support of gay marriage amongst their African American constituency.
Standing up on the floor to deliver an impassioned, and lengthy, speech denouncing those who attribute same sex marriage as that of the new age civil rights struggle.
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