Tag Archives: Maryland

Bolt Bus, Maryland state line, 3pm…. Driver: How the weather back there? Too hot? Too cold? (simultaneously) Male Passengers: It’s HOT! Female Passengers: We’re FREEZING! Hipster In Front: Why don’t we be gentlemen and let the ladies have their way? Female In Back: That’s nice, but you still ain’t gettin’ any.

In Montgomery County, Maryland, the right-wing is using their usual scare tactics to fight the new local ordinance that protects transgenders. From a “prison fellowship” blog, of all places: Mary Ann Andree was drying her hair in the Rio Sport and Health Club in Gaithersburg, Maryland, last month when the door to the women’s locker room suddenly opened. In came …

Saying acceptance of gay marriage was “inevitable,” Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler has become the first statewide-elected official there to endorse marriage equality legislation. Gansler accuses lawmakers of lacking the “political courage” to approve the legislation this year, saying “It’s wrong to discriminate against people, particularly because they think differently or because of their sexuality or because of their gender. …

Maryland legislators will introduce a marriage equality bill tomorrow. Two state senators, including one who is openly gay, will lead efforts to pass the Religious Freedom & Civil Marriage Protection Act in Maryland. Sens. Rich Madaleno and Jamie Raskin, two Democrats from Montgomery County, were to be named as lead sponsors on the bill when it’s introduced. The bill was …

From an op-ed piece in the Annapolis Capital: Here’s how inevitable gay marriage is in Maryland, in one form or another. There was a debate on the issue last week in Annapolis, and the supporters didn’t even bother speaking. True, it wasn’t actually a debate over a marriage or civil union bill; it was a General Assembly committee hearing about …