Maryland Legalizes Same Sex Marriage!

March 2, 2012 7:00 pm     Posted in Galleries, News, Reality  Garnet Henderson g+ page


By Garnet Henderson

Yesterday, Governor Martin O’Malley signed a law legalizing same sex marriage in Maryland. This news is the latest in a series of big victories for marriage equality. In February, an appeals court in California ruled Proposition 8 (the amendment banning gay marriage in California) unconstitutional, Washington state legalized gay marriage, and the New Jersey legislature passed a bill legalizing same sex marriage, although NJ governor Chris Christie vetoed the bill. The Maryland law takes effect in 2013, and opponents are expected to fight it. Even though the movement toward marriage equality is still a struggle, these events are important signs that things are changing.

Garnet is a student at Columbia University in New York City. She is “that person” who starts dancing at a party when everyone else is standing around, and if there were a Facebook stalking Olympics, she would be a gold medalist. She also loves cheesy 90s music, and almost died of happiness when Vanilla Ice retweeted her. Once. Follow her on Twitter @garnethenderson.

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4 Comments on "Maryland Legalizes Same Sex Marriage!"

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  3. Ikhsan says:
    Thu, 15th Mar 201212:23 am 

    Lot’s of feminine anger here. I am not eprurissd, given that this is a place where like-minded women vent their deep-seated negative impressions of men. So many of you are working overly hard to lump me in with the guy who made statements very different from mine. From what I’ve seen here, you all seem capable of greater intellectual honesty than what I’ve seen here. At times, you are resembling the sarcastic, negative and closed-minded men you seem to hold in such low esteem. That in itself is not surprising, given your desire to prove yourselves in a male-dominated world. However, you are in the majority here and don’t really need to prove anything, right? So, why all the macho posturing? I don’t believe I’ve presented myself as a threat to you or anything you stand for. I’ve simply presented a couple of questions about a scenario that is not at ALL bizarre or uncommon (women who dishonestly bait men into marrriage with sex and then withdraw it after marriage). Many of you have altogether ignored the question or tried to corner me with wild claims that I might condone rape if I suggest that a woman should be able to accept questions from her husband about why she suddenly became allergic to PIV sex after marriage. None of you seem to be aware that the situation I have described happens repeatedly all over the world and in different cultures.I’m guessing that the lack of direct response to my question could be because many of you are unmarried and unfamiliar the dynamics that I have described. You may not even have interactions with many married people, for all I know. That might explain why you think such a common scenario is bizarre. Honestly, this situation is so common in the heterosexual married community that it is practically a cliche.BTW, no I am not Steven Fry and don’t know the man. I only noticed what he wrote after having already posed my questions and then looked around the blog for other things that have been written. Interesting that someone I don’t even know presented a similar scenario to the women here and received no direct response to his question about this either. Like me, he sure did earn himself a good deal of vitriol, though!Honestly, I am not offended because I know it is important to make some of you feel empowered and good about yourselves. If that is so, enjoy your posturing behavior.

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