Same-Sex Marriage Bill Falls Short in Maryland

[nclib]

1. Legislators expect this to go to a referendum in 2012 and get repealed, which is why some probably saw no point in going through with it.

So there won't be a referendum because the vote failed?

[Brittain33]

1. Legislators expect this to go to a referendum in 2012 and get repealed, which is why some probably saw no point in going through with it.

So there won't be a referendum because the vote failed?

Yes, the referendum would only be triggered if a law is passed and people gather signatures to repeal it.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Want to see something amusing? Maryland Senate map (yeah it's using the wrong colors):



All the Republican districts are continguous except the two in the south Baltimore suburbs, and all the Democratic ones are except the one based around Annapolis and the one far southeast which I understand is represented by a popular former mayor of the largest city there. Gerrymandering can be done, (I've drawn two maps for best case scenarios for Democrats and Republicans), but it clearly isn't here, nor is it needed to ensure a Democratic supermajority.