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It does not take many signatures to do that in maryland this will almost certainly make this onto the ballot. 52% of mary leaders would probably or definitely vote to support same-sex marriage rights in the state while 44% said they would probably or definitely vote against it. according to the baltimore is up, the 52-44 split is by far the rosiest result for same-sex marriage supporters to date. two other recent polls have put the issue up closer to 50-50. since 1998, 31 times states have voted on ballot measures. 31 times states have voted on ballot mesh sure about whether same-sex couples have the right to get married. 31 times. and gay rights have lost all 31 of those times. the record is 0-31. does that mean that gay people should not have rights or does that mean that gay rights, like other minority rights, ought to be protected from the whims of majority rule? maybe maryland is going to be the state that breaks that 0-31 record. that new poll seemed to indicate it is possible. ....
Christy is encysting that new jersey should do governor christie later tried apologize for the civil rights ought to have been voted on statement, said he didn t go do a good job making himself clear. so, here he is clarifying. what i said was juxtaposed against the civil rights movement where that was not an option for them because the political climate in the south in that period of time would not have permitted a referendum to have any chance of passable. this is the strategy now for people who do not want gay people to have the right to get married in america. take your chances on that political climate the governor was describing, put your civil rights up for a vote and hope it turns out okay. the general assembly in the great state of maryland recently passed a bill granting legal recognition to same-sex marriages in maryland. the state s democratic governor, martin o malley, signed that into law last week and that made maryland the eighth state in america to legalize marriag ....
The south of ohio, the great state of tennessee. tennessee also held a presidential primary on tuesday but this year s primary was different from other years because back in june, that state s republican governor signed a new law that, like ohio, says you can t vote in tennessee anymore unless you can show documents at the polls that you never had to show before. and like ohio, not every voter who wanted to vote on tuesday got to vote. in this case, it wasn t an 86-year-old world war ii veteran, it was rather a 55-year-old retired u.s. marine this tennessee marine had the right i.d. to be able to vote. but he chose not to submit at the cost of getting his ballot. he chose not to in protest. ex-marine tim thompson considers himself a true patriot. i voted for the last 37 years. when he came here to the dalewood baptist church this morning, he had no intention of casting a ballot, even though he has a valid i.d. i m standing up for the college student that can t get an i.d. or ha ....
Majority rule? maybe maryland is going to be the state that breaks that 0-31 record. that new poll seemed to indicate it is possible. maybe maryland will not be the state that breaks that record this man to who brought us far enough we are about to find out is maryland s democratic governor martin o malley who join us tonight for the interview. goff governor o malley, thanks for being here. happy to have you here. thanks for having me. did i get that basically right in terms of how this legislation evolved in maryland and what we should be expecting? i think you got it basically right. i mean, in our state, since i think around 1915 in our constitution, it s possible to petition things to referendum. so the likelihood is that this bill will go to referendum, referendum there has been a conversation taking place among our elected representatives the past year, the fruit of that conversation is we concluded that, in fact, quo pass a law that protects religious freedom ....
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