Democrat Governor: Gov’t Owes It to Children to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage

Martin O’Malley, governor of Maryland. (AP Photo.)

(CNSNews.com) – Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley said Friday that his decision to support a same-sex marriage bill, which cleared the state Senate and is expected to be signed into law, was made after considering the children of gay parents.

“One of the perspectives that helped us through this … was looking at this issue from the perspective of the children of gay parents. …I just wanted to add that in our evolution and my evolution and the evolution of a number of legislators, we concluded that it was not right and not just – that children of gay parents should have homes that are protected in a lesser way under the law than other children,” said O’Malley, speaking at Politico’s 2nd Annual “State Solutions” Conference at the Newseum. Read more: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/democrat-governor-govt-owes-it-children-legalize-same-sex-marriage