Maryland First Lady Katie O’Malley is passionate about gay marriage passing in the Maryland legislature. So passionate that while appearing before a gay group yesterday she called those who did not support the legislation last session “cowards.” This drew applause in the room, but today she is apologizing for the statement. O’Malley said today “I let my feelings get the better of me.” “I deeply respect that there are strongly held and differing views on marriage equality in Maryland, but hope that our state’s elected officials will come together to fairly address this important issue for our families and children.” The fact is there are differing opinions on this issue within the state. Different does not mean wrong or cowardly it means just that different, and that should be respected too. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/maryland-first-lady-katie-omalley-blames-cowards-for-gay-marriage-failure-last-year/2012/01/26/gIQAUUk6TQ_story.html
On Election Day several people in the black community received phone calls that told them to relax that Governor Martin O’Malley(D) had already won. The call said they just had to relax and watch the results on television. These calls were made to black homes in the Baltimore city and Prince George county. Julius Henson, a paid political consultant hired by the Robert Ehrlich campaign has taken responsibility for the calls. Henson was hired to help Ehrlich reach out to the black community, and seemingly his idea of outreach must be voter suppression. henson said his intent was to inspire people to come out and vote for Ehrlich. An employee of Henson actually made the call. Henson said Ehrlich probably did not even know the calls had gone out. Henson is just joins the list of another black man that sold out his community for “chicken change.”
