MD Marriage

From the BBC:
"Maryland gay marriage bill signed into law"

The governor of the US state of Maryland has signed legislation legalising gay marriage, making it the eighth US state to adopt the measure. The law, passed by state lawmakers in February, takes effect in January 2013. The move comes weeks after gay marriage was legalised in Washington state, but vetoed by the governor in New Jersey. "Religious freedom was the very reason for our state's founding and at the heart of religious freedom is the freedom of individual conscience," Governor Martin O'Malley said just before signing the bill. The seven other US states that have already legalised same-sex marriage are Iowa, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Washington, as well as the District of Columbia.

^ It seems more and more people are starting to accept the idea of gays getting married and are encouraging their state officials to make it legal (as was the case here in Maryland.) I don't want to "beat a dead horse" but I have said before I am in favor of gay marriage, but think there should either be state referendums or a federal referendum where the citizens vote directly whether it should be legal or not. ^

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17227748