Maryland!

[fabrisse]

The Governor has been working quietly behind the scenes since last year to get the same-sex marriage legislation to cross his desk. He says he'll sign it. That makes Maryland the first state south of the Mason-Dixon line to do so. Although the District has allowed same-sex marriage since March of 2010, so it's not the first jurisdiction south of the Mason-Dixon line to do so. (There is some "suck it, New Jersey" mixed in this, too.)

Across the Potomac, Virginia is continuing to anger me. I had an ancestor in the Jamestown colony. My rants about ultrasounds, birth control (someone in comments of The Washington Post actually said that they were trying to ban any contraception that could be construed as abortion -- IUD, pill, morning after pill, etc. That would leave the diaphragm for a woman to control her reproduction options or trusting that her partner will use a condom every time.), and the most repressive DOMA in the country tend to begin with the phrase, "My ancestors didn't found that Commonwealth to have it make such boneheaded laws..."

Fortunately, some of my relatives were in Maryland, too. *G*

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[daylyn.livejournal.com]

Yay for Maryland!!!! I know that the opposition is seeking to get a referendum before the voters (which seriously vexes me, because civil rights should never be up to popular vote), but still... yay for the moment. The Governor sounds like he worked hard so as to be able to do the right thing.

Virginia terrifies me, btw. Have the all lost their minds there? And WTF is up with all the attacks on contraception recently??? What century are we living in????

How are you doing? I hope things have settled down a bit (or you're going to get a fabulous new job soon!)

Take care!

[fabrisse.livejournal.com]

There's a Maryland preacher who tried to get a gay marriage referendum onto the DC Ballot. He was turned away because Civil Rights issues are not subject to referendum in the District (Congressional stupidity, yes; referendum, never.). Also, we knew he was lying about his DC residency. *G*

There is a streak in Virginia politics that goes right on back to the Civil War that believes in conservatism. The past is always better. Why that needs to be true for women's rights (or any other human right) is a mystery. I do not spend money across the Potomac.