Voters in Montgomery County, Md., will not have the opportunity to decide if gender confusion warrants special rights, after the state's highest court ruled the issue cannot appear on the ballot. The court's written opinion is expected to come later.
Maryland Citizens for a Responsible Government had collected signatures to put a new county gender-identity law on the November ballot. The law provides special privileges to people with gender-identity confusion — including access to both men's and women's restrooms and locker rooms.
Amy Smith, an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund, supported the citizens group and said she was disappointed.
"Equality Maryland came in the 11th hour with a technicality that will be used to silence the voters of Montgomery County," Smith told The Gazette of Gaithersburg, Md.
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