Martin O’Malley renews his commitment to fight for LGBT rights Monday night

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Martin O’Malley renewed his commitment to fight for LGBT rights at the federal level on Monday night...

The Democratic presidential candidate made the remarks during a town hall at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, in response to a question from Brian Carlson, who asked O’Malley what he’d do to advance LGBT rights at the federal level in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling for same-sex marriage.

“I believe that the genius of this American experiment of ours is that in every generation you take actions to include more people more fully in the economic, the social and the political life of our country,” O’Malley responded. “That’s the broader arc of American history. We have yet to arrive at a perfect union, but every generation we had the opportunity to make it a more perfect union.”

O’Malley touted his accomplishments on LGBT rights as governor of Maryland, which included signing marriage equality and transgender civil rights into law. The audience at the town hall gave O’Malley significant applause after he mentioned those achievements.

“It’s interesting, you know, the common ground we found to get things these done was this: It’s really about our kids,” O’Malley continued. “It’s about all our kids. There was some people in Maryland who said we might not be able to pass marriage equality and we made the argument all about the truth that there is dignity in every child’s home, and every child’s home needs to be protected with dignity under the law.”

O’Malley said one of the most powerful shared beliefs is “the dignity of every of person,” which he said has motivated him in addition to “the common good that we share.”

“I will do everything in my power to move us forward as a nation and make us more inclusive in every possible way I can across the board because that’s what makes us stronger as a country,” O’Malley concluded.

read: https://www.washingtonblade.com/2016/01/25/omalley-renews-pledge-to-advance-lgbt-rights-as-president/


(Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)


Chris Geidner ‏@chrisgeidner 15h15 hours ago
Martin O'Malley asked about LGBT federal protections. O'Malley talks about the marriage vote & trans legislative protections passed in MD.

In 2012, he signed a bill legalizing same sex marriage in Maryland, joining seven other states in enacting marriage equality. The law survived a statewide referendum held later that year, which marked the first time marriage rights in the U.S. were extended to same-sex couples by a popular vote.

Gov. O'Malley signed into law the Fairness for All Marylanders Act, extending housing, public accommodations, and employment protections to transgender citizens and visitors of the state.

"We are closer today to creating an open, respectful, inclusive world that we want for all of our children," O'Malley said prior to signing that bill. "This bill gives us another step closer to that vision and to that reality."
read: http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/05/15/md-gov-signs-trans-nondiscrimination-bill-law

As Mayor of Baltimore, O'Malley helped the City become the first jurisdiction in Maryland to prohibit discrimination against transgender individuals in 2002. In one of his first acts as Governor, he signed an Executive Order prohibiting discrimination against transgender state employees in 2007.

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1. Yes he DID!

O'Malley talks about the marriage vote & trans legislative protections passed in MD.

In 2012, he signed a bill legalizing same sex marriage in Maryland, joining seven other states in enacting marriage equality. The law survived a statewide referendum held later that year, which marked the first time marriage rights in the U.S. were extended to same-sex couples by a popular vote.

Gov. O'Malley signed into law the Fairness for All Marylanders Act, extending housing, public accommodations, and employment protections to transgender citizens and visitors of the state.

"We are closer today to creating an open, respectful, inclusive world that we want for all of our children," O'Malley said prior to signing that bill. "This bill gives us another step closer to that vision and to that reality."
read: http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/05/15/md-gov-signs-trans-nondiscrimination-bill-law

As Mayor of Baltimore, O'Malley helped the City become the first jurisdiction in Maryland to prohibit discrimination against transgender individuals in 2002. In one of his first acts as Governor, he signed an Executive Order prohibiting discrimination against transgender state employees in 2007.

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2. K & R. n/t

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4. 'As Mayor of Baltimore, O'Malley helped the City become the first jurisdiction in Maryland

to prohibit discrimination against transgender individuals in 2002. In one of his first acts as Governor, he signed an Executive Order prohibiting discrimination against transgender state employees in 2007.'

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5. Yeah, but he's an inauthentic DLCer!!

Did I forget anything else?

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7. Talk more,

and they will come!

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6. He has led the fight so many times..

good job Gov O'Malley

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8. He also supports the Equality Act.

That's what the Chris Geidner tweet you included was about, in later tweets he pointed out that it was odd that he didn't specifically mention it.

I think the most refreshing thing about 2016 is that all of the Democratic candidates are on board with LGBTQ equality.