Freedom to Marry Advocates Bide Time in Maryland

By Andy Eddins
Mar 29, 2010 at 10:59 am

As reported by Shauna Miller in The Baltimore Sun:

"[The stalling tactic] is because a referendum is likely to follow passage of any new marriage law, and voters have not favored the freedom to marry in states where a popular vote was held. Advocates here want to put off that possibility until public opinion shifts in their favor. In more than a decade of bills on marriage equality, none has passed the General Assembly. And as Maryland follows the trajectory of states that have legalized the freedom to marry, advocates may not want a vote any time soon."

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