MARYLAND: Marriage Bill Dies In House

It wasn’t going to pass so it was “sent back to committee.”

The Maryland House of Delegates has voted to effectively kill for this year a bill that would have allowed same-sex marriage in Maryland. The House approved on voice vote a motion to send the bill back to the Judiciary Committee, an acknowledgment by supporters that it did not have sufficient votes to pass on the floor. The bill cleared the Senate two weeks ago on a 25-to-21 vote, and Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) had pledged to sign it.

Very disappointing. NOM is doing backflips and taunting on Twitter.