Misguided in Maryland: Don Dwyer continues battle against equal rights for gays
”I think that is a travesty to the citizens of the state of Maryland…. I can tell you that I have met many a former homosexual and I have yet to meet a former African-American.”
Republican representative Don Dwyer of Glen Burnie, MD, once again using the standard conservative tactic of trying to separate the interests of gay men and lesbians and people of color. His statement comes in reaction to a civil marriage bill introduced again by Ben Barnes of [D-College Park]. Dwyer has countered with his own proposed bill that would limit marriage between one man and one woman. Janet Greenip [R-Crofton] is said to be sponsoring a senate version. Barnes’ bill supports the inclusion of same-sex couples and has support from the Attorney General, Doug Gansler, and also Republican Wayne Gilchrest who says his own gay brother was been married in Massachusetts.(The Capital)
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