My go to source has been Equality Maryland and Maryland Politics Watch. I'm a bit late to the party, but the news on Thursday was excellent:
Sen. Jim Rosapepe became the latest senator to commit to vote for marriage equality when the issue comes before the Maryland Senate. Counting Sen. Rosapepe, the bill now has 24 or 25 votes in the Senate depending on how one counts Sen. Joan Carter Conway with only one senator not yet publicly committed. In short, it should now have the votes needed to pass the Maryland Senate.
Maryland has been on a roll on this issue since Attorney General Gansler ruled that the state would recognize same sex marriages from other states. He's continued to speak out on the issue and in the last election, despite threats to the contrary, he didn't even have a primary or general election challenger.
While we're hardly the first state to take this step, I am still quite proud of Maryland and am glad by the strong support from Montgomery County that includes a variety of Chevy Chase officials that I'm more used to disagreeing with on Purple Line issues.
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