Go Maryland!
Judge Rejects Md. Anti-Gay Marriage Law
But, having grown up in Maryland -- and being very proud of its (mostly) progressive politics -- I just gotta believe that a referendum for a Constitutional amendment will fall flat on its face. I don't think the voters would support it. Despite being below the Mason-Dixon line and just across the Potomac from the former seat of the Confederacy, MD is neither a Southern state nor anything like Virginia.
Both states are definitely purple, but MD is definitely more blue than red -- lavender, perhaps?
Yay!
UPDATE (1/25): Uh-huh. Politics are already starting to boil over this. Sad but predictable. One of my friends said he thought the controversy cut in favor of galvanizing the R conservative vote in the next elections. WaPo seems to agree. And at least one R delegate is trying to impeach the judge who made the ruling. Trying to impeach a judge for doing his job? Damned activist judges! What is this world coming to?
As always, Denise has some thoughtful insights. Indeed, I guess I would add that in an ends v. means discussion, one must remember that sometimes allies think they are focusing on the same goal, but often they aren't. E.g., is the goal here complete equality in marriage rights now (and damn collateral issues) or is it to build the infrastructure to ensure that MD won't discriminate against the LGBT community (and sacrifice the rights of the community in the process in the short term?)? How about both?
A Baltimore judge ruled this morning that Maryland's law banning same-sex marriage "cannot withstand constitutional challenge..."Ooooh, the politics are gonna burn over this one with the gubernatorial elections just around the bend... fodder for both sides.
But, having grown up in Maryland -- and being very proud of its (mostly) progressive politics -- I just gotta believe that a referendum for a Constitutional amendment will fall flat on its face. I don't think the voters would support it. Despite being below the Mason-Dixon line and just across the Potomac from the former seat of the Confederacy, MD is neither a Southern state nor anything like Virginia.
Both states are definitely purple, but MD is definitely more blue than red -- lavender, perhaps?
Yay!
UPDATE (1/25): Uh-huh. Politics are already starting to boil over this. Sad but predictable. One of my friends said he thought the controversy cut in favor of galvanizing the R conservative vote in the next elections. WaPo seems to agree. And at least one R delegate is trying to impeach the judge who made the ruling. Trying to impeach a judge for doing his job? Damned activist judges! What is this world coming to?
As always, Denise has some thoughtful insights. Indeed, I guess I would add that in an ends v. means discussion, one must remember that sometimes allies think they are focusing on the same goal, but often they aren't. E.g., is the goal here complete equality in marriage rights now (and damn collateral issues) or is it to build the infrastructure to ensure that MD won't discriminate against the LGBT community (and sacrifice the rights of the community in the process in the short term?)? How about both?
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