Governor of Maryland VETOES GAY RIGHTS BILL

[bertha katzenengel]

By John Wagner, Friday, May 20, 2005; 2:50 PM

Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. has decided to veto emotionally charged legislation that would grant unmarried couples, including gay partners, certain rights if they register with the state.

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"Phone calls are pouring into our office from people across the state who are shocked, hurt and dismayed at how such a moderate piece of legislation conferring basic human rights could be rejected by a supposedly moderate governor," said Dan Furmansky, executive director of Equality Maryland, a gay-rights group that lobbied for the legislation, known as the Medical Decision Making Act of 2005.

Ehrlich won praise from a leading Republican lawmaker for making a "principled decision."

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A group of conservative activists had launched a petition drive in recent weeks that sought to repeal the bill if it became law. They argued it was part of a "homosexual agenda" advancing in Annapolis.

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"I'm sympathetic to certain situations, particularly end-of-life situations," Ehrlich said during a radio interview on Baltimore's WBAL. But he said that the bill had flaws and that letting it become law "is just something I have to weigh."

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SONOFABITCH!

[DawnneOBTS]

1. This guy's gotta go...

I believe fraud is what got him elected as well. Look at MD's history-mostly Dem.

[davidinalameda]

4. his election was due to an half-assed Democratic campaign

by what's her name

one of the Kennedys

she was tied to a very unpopular governor as his Lt. Gov and the Repukes ran with this and won

and Ehrlich has shown himself to be a hard core conservative

he won't win re-election

[elshiva]

6. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend daughter of RFK, Sr,

IS a great woman and would have made a great gov, but a not so good campaign. People went for the glitz with Ehrlich, not the substance of Townsend. Similar to presidential races of 2000 and 2004 IMO.

[Brian_Expat]

2. But! But! But! But the Democrats are our friends!

And they support civil unions! And they'd never do anything to hurt us!

Wake up people, how many Clintons, Kerrys and Erlichs do we need before getting tough with these "party leaders?"

[ladeuxiemevoiture]

3. Huh? He's a Republican, not a Democrat.

eom

[TaleWgnDg]

5. Yes, he is a Republican. Check it out . . .

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Yes, he is a Republican. Check it out . . . http://www.gov.state.md.us/bio.html






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