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发帖数: 4174 | 1 Posted on Advocate.com March 09, 2011
Maryland Delegate Comes Out
By Advocate.com Editors
On the eve of Maryland’s house of delegates vote on the state's marriage
equality bill, Del. Peter Murphy told the Washington Blade in an interview
published Wednesday that he’s gay.
The divorced father of two told the Blade his family and colleagues have
known he’s gay for years.
“I have never denied [being gay],” Murphy said, “I just presumed people
knew.”
Murphy is the eighth openly gay member of Maryland’s legislature, the most
of any state on the country, according to the Blade. There is one openly gay
state senator — Rich Madaleno — and now seven members of the house of
delegates.
Murphy told the Blade he is confident Maryland’s marriage equality bill
will pass Friday.
“As I have said all along, I think it’s a strong civil rights bill,”
Murphy said. “I think it’s a fair bill because it also addresses the
religious issue and doesn’t require any religious organization to practice
something that goes against their teachings.” |
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