Ruling unanimously, the Maryland Court of Appeals announced on May 18 2012 that Maryland courts shall recognize same-sex marriages, for the purpose of considering a petition for divorce.
In this case, a local court had ruled to the contrary and the divorcing couple appealed.
This looks like a back-door through which same-sex couples may enter the mansion of matrimony. Well, maybe so.
But the point is this:
No citizens can be denied access
to the courthouse
in any state.
This is certainly the case when a couple has been given court house access to marry. Neither Maryland nor any other state may pretend that marriage is not valid.
The underlying, broader issue is cause for celebration:
Same sex couples in Maryland should be
- and will be -
extended all of the civil rights that other couples enjoy, including
the right to a civil marriage.
This judicial decision by Maryland's highest court is one more powerful reason why Marylanders should and likely will follow their consciences and recognize the civil rights of same-sex couples to marry.
SOURCE:
Maryland court recognizes same-sex marriages for purpose of divorce
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