A bill aimed at banning gay marriage in Wyoming has been defeated in the House last week after a mere hour of debate. Despite strong opposition and activism from the usual suspects wiser minds prevailed. Joe Solmonese of the Human Rights Campaign said, “We are grateful that the Wyoming House of Representatives stood up for equality and refused to write discrimination into the state Constitution.”
Meanwhile in Vermont the effort to legalize same sex marriage has been renewed with a broad based support that was lacking two years ago.
Here at home Gov. Martin O’Malley’s proposal to extend health care benefits to domestic partners of state employees is being well received both within and outside of the GLBT community. The Baltimore Sun estimates a cost of from one to three million dollars. That sounds like a wild guess to me. But whatever it costs we can chalk it up to the price of justice; a bargain at any price.
My suggestion: Let’s finance it by taking away the tax exempt status of hate groups masquerading as religious organizations!
Now wasn’t that easy?
