MD: Lawmaker Threatens AG With Impeachment Over Forthcoming Gay Marriage Opinion

In May 2009, Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler, responding to a request from state senator Richard Madaleno (D – Montgomery County), began the process of issuing an opinion on whether the state is permitted to recognize same-sex marriages from other states. Ten months have passed since the AG began researching the issue, and Marylander’s are still waiting for Gansler’s report.

But with the District of Columbia having voted in favor of gay marriage, many same-sex couples can now choose to wed in D.C. (beginning March 3) and still reside in Maryland – where those nuptials will not be recognized.

A bill introduced in this legislative session by Delegate Emmett Burns (D – Baltimore County) – which would have banned same-sex marriage recognition in advance of Gansler’s opinion – was killed in early February by the House Judiciary Committee with a 12 to 8 vote.

Full Story from Examiner.com
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