Md. governor first to testifyin favor of marriage bill ashearings commence
By PHIL REESEpreese@washblade.com
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland Gov. MartinO’Malley was the first witness to testify infavor of same-sex marriage at a Senatecommittee hearing Tuesday, just two daysafter he addressed a crowd of LGBT rightssupporters in Baltimore.The Maryland Senate Judicial ProceedingsCommittee heard testimony on the Civil MarriageProtection Act throughout Tuesday afternoon, as
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Log Cabin warns of ‘anti-gay pandering’
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.lchibbaro@washblade.com
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Gay Republicans joined many of their
straight counterparts in Florida Tuesday night in congratulating formerMassachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for his decisive victory in the FloridaRepublican primary.But R. Clarke Cooper, executive director of the national Log CabinRepublicans, while also congratulating Romney, cautioned him againstengaging in “anti-gay pandering or divisive social politics.”Cooper told the Blade his comment was a reference to statementsRomney has made in news media interviews over the past severalmonths in which he appeared to be appealing to conservative votershostile to gay rights.Officials with Log Cabin’s chapters in the Miami, Fort Lauderdale andTampa areas said support for Romney was strong among LGBT Republicansin the state. Romney won by a lopsided margin in a Jan. 28 straw poll of LogCabin members at an informal gay Republican caucus in Miami.“I’m pleased that Romney won,” said Andy Eddy, board member of Log Cabin Republicans of Broward County, which includes the city of
Fort Lauderdale and the nearby gay enclave Wilton Manors.
“Many of our members support him and believe he has the bestchance of beating Obama,” he said.
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A LOOK AT ROMNEY’S TORTURED HISTORY ON GAY RIGHTSPAGE 14
MITT ROMNEY
won a decisive victory in Florida this week, as Newt Gingrich appeared to lose momentum.
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Fla. gay Republicanshail Romney victory
Life After Scandal
Former Md. congressman,ousted in gay sex flap,talks politics, the GOP andwhy he opposes marriage.
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Super Gay
Madonna’s back with newsingle, album, film andSuper Bowl performancesure to please gay fans.
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O’Malley speaks out
Gov.
MARTIN O’MALLEY
testifies before theSenate Judicial Proceedings Committee Tuesday infavor of the Civil Marriage Protection Act.
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