More than a dozen bills in the Maryland Legislature are taking aim at marriage. Some would redefine marriage; others would destroy it.
“This is an all-out attack, an assault on the state of Maryland by the homosexual activists and the homosexual lobby to push same-sex 'marriage,' ” Republican Delegate Don Dwyer said.
Under several of the measures, “marriage” would only apply in a religious context. Doug Stiegler, director of Maryland’s Family Protection Lobby, said the state essentially is divorcing marriage.
“It says that (at) your church, you could have a religious marriage, but in public, you’re going to have to call it domestic partnership or civil unions, depending on which one of the bills passes," he said.
Another marriage-related bill exempts domestic partners from the inheritance tax; yet another makes civil "marriage" available to everyone.
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