Maryland AG Ponders Same Sex Marriage Recognition

So reports the Baltimore Sun: as the District considers its own same-sex marriage legislation , our neighbors to the north are currently stuck in limbo — Maryland law clearly defines marriage as between a man and a woman, but also strictly recognizes marriages performed elsewhere. Recently, both D.C. and New York state have passed similar laws which would recognize same-sex unions performed in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Iowa (as well, ostensibly, as both Vermont and Maine when those states’

laws go into effect this fall). Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler, a proponent of same-sex marriage , is expected to release an opinion on a recognition law in the coming weeks. Efforts to grant equal marriage rights in the Old Line State have been consistently buried in legislative committee; many activists believe that state lawmakers are unlikely to change course until after the 2010 midterm elections.

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Maryland AG Ponders Same Sex Marriage Recognition