Poll: Should Maryland Legalize Same-Sex Marriage?
O’Malley introduced legislation on Monday to make same-sex marriage legal.
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Gov. Martin O’Malley introduced legislation this week that would make same-sex marriage legal in Maryland.
Same-sex marriage was debated in Annapolis last year, but it ended up stalling in the House of Delegates.
This year, O’Malley said “momentum is growing” for same-sex marriage in Maryland, which has endorsements this month that include labor organizations AFL-CIO and SEIU 1199.
Washington, D.C., as well as six other states, have laws allowing same-sex marriage, according to the Baltimore Sun.
“Other states have found a way to do this. We can find a way to do this, too,” O’Malley said during a press conference Tuesday morning, which was posted on YouTube.
The Maryland Catholic Conference of Roman Catholics, as well as the Maryland Marriage Alliance, a group of churches and faith-based organizations, are among those that have mobilized to oppose the legislation.
The Maryland Marriage Alliance is sponsoring a rally in Annapolis at 6 p.m. Jan. 30 entitled “Rally for Marriage!” regarding the proposal. Marylanders for Marriage Equality, a group that supports same-sex marriage, is organizing phone banking sessions on the issue in the region.
Marylanders as a whole continue to be split on their feelings on same-sex marriage.
According to a poll published in January by Gonzales Research & Marketing, based in Arnold, 49 percent surveyed support a law allowing same-sex marriage, while 47 percent oppose it.
Weigh in below or in our Patch poll. Do you support same-sex marriage in Maryland?
Annie Savoy
7:41 am on Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Sure! Mayor Moe deserves to be happy too.
Michele Robinson
8:43 am on Wednesday, January 25, 2012
No to same sex narriage!
Ohai
9:22 am on Wednesday, January 25, 2012
No to same sex marriage, the government should tell us all who we can marry. Yay, government intrusion!
Brook
9:34 am on Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Yes to same-sex marriage.
Positive Effects: A portion of the US population gains the same rights as everyone else.
Negative Effects: None.
Luna
9:40 am on Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Why wouldn't we allow this? Its the 21st century. You love who you love, its as natural as that. If you're against it, you can also think of all the tax money that will come in. Gay Marriage raised a lot of money in DC for those in need. Why can't we have the same in MD?
Dav Laurel
2:53 pm on Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Yes, it takes nothing away from heterosexual marriage.
Locs1957
7:31 pm on Wednesday, January 25, 2012
No has been said three or four time already, can we move on....
CJ23
11:55 am on Thursday, January 26, 2012
Yes to same-sex marriage; pandering to religious fundamentalists is not constructive.
Shawn Dowling
8:35 pm on Saturday, January 28, 2012
Legal same sex marriage is going to happen sooner or later (most likely sooner) so the "No" bigots might as well get used to it. Mind your own business and stay out of other peoples personal affairs and you'll be just fine.You'll see.
Ohai
8:59 am on Sunday, January 29, 2012
I agree that same benefits of marriage will accrue to same sex partners at some point. Allan Kittleman's recent bill to have the government do Civil Unions for everyone was a great bill; too bad it got killed in favor of a Democratic sponsored bill that was destined to fail. Bill Clinton really messed things up at the Federal level with DOMA by allowing specific federal benefits only to "marriage", not to civil unions. Lesbian and liberal Democrat Senator Barbara Mikulski, by the way, voted for DOMA.
I'd be curious to know how many people who "want the government to stay out of other peoples personal affairs" support Obamacare. Oh, the hypocrisy of politics.
Tonto
10:58 pm on Monday, January 30, 2012
Liberals won't stop at gay marriage. They will move on to pet-owner marrige next.