Thursday, September 5, 2002
Maryland Lt. Gov. supports benefits for domestic partners
A story published today by the Baltimore Sun reports that Democratic
gubernatorial candidate Kathleen Kennedy Townsend said yesterday that she
supports extending benefits to the same-sex domestic partners of state
employees, but would wait until Maryland's budget situation improves to
propose such a change.
Lieutenant governor Kennedy-Townsend said that "down the line, I think it
makes sense" to make such a change to state policy.
A spokeswoman for Townsend's Republican opponent, Rep. Robert L. Ehrlich
Jr., said he has not taken a position on the issue.
