January 24, 2012
In the weeks leading up to a vote in the Maryland General Assembly to give
same sex couples the right to marry, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley came out
in support. Meanwhile the usual suspects were beginning their hate campaign
against same sex marriage in Maryland, having had success defeating it in other,
mostly red states, and in particular, California via Proposition 8.
The Maryland General Assembly would go on to pass a bill allowing for same
sex marriage in March 2012. NOM announced a petition drive against the law
immediately, and later submitted twice the number of signatures to get it on the
ballot. But things would not go according to plan. In the general election
November 2012, the voters approved same sex marriage. Maryland that year, along
with Washington state, became the first states to approve same sex marriage by
popular vote, breaking NOM's winning streak, and setting the stage for a
reverse course in public opinion. Hating gays was no longer a sure thing at the
ballot box.
Copyright © January 24, 2012 by Bruce Garrett
All Rights Reserved.
Link
Bruce Garrett Cartoon. Weekly gay editorial cartoon.
This HTML Document, and all linked images, unless otherwise noted,
are copyright © 2012 by Bruce Garrett. All rights reserved.
Send comments, questions and hysterical outbursts to:
bruce@brucegarrett.com
This document was created using jEdit.
It was proofed using Google Chrome