Update — Maryland Opens Its Back Door to Gay Marriage
Remember you read it here first (or the Baltimore Sun or the Washington Post).
As of yesterday, Maryland will now recognize same-sex marriages. As reported by the Washington Post:
Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler (D) said Wednesday that effective immediately, and until challenged in court, the state recognizes same-sex marriages performed elsewhere and that Maryland agencies should begin affording out-of-state gay couples all the rights they have been awarded in other places.
The Full Faith and Credit Clause is ALIVE! This is a great day for marriage equality in Maryland.
You can read the forty-five page opinion of Maryland’s Attorney General here.
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February 25, 2010 at 3:01 pm
Nice headline.
When I was a summer associate I was working on a dispute between a gay couple (not married) splitting up, and they owned properties together. The partner I was working for kept accidentally using the phrase “back door into equity,” which then cause us both to suppress laughter.