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- Jan 17, 2013
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But Raskin said the results of statewide referendums last year suggest otherwise, at least on some issues.
Voters, he said, supported legalizing same-sex marriage in legislative districts where their state lawmakers opposed that initiative. Voters also approved the Dream Act, which granted qualified illegal immigrants in-state tuition rates at state universities.
“If anything,” Raskin said, “the people are more progressive than the politicians in our state.”
IS THIS HOW WE WANT THE CITIZENS OF MD TO BE LABELED? NOT THIS GUY!
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/local...b2ff5a-97d9-11e2-814b-063623d80a60_story.html
Voters, he said, supported legalizing same-sex marriage in legislative districts where their state lawmakers opposed that initiative. Voters also approved the Dream Act, which granted qualified illegal immigrants in-state tuition rates at state universities.
“If anything,” Raskin said, “the people are more progressive than the politicians in our state.”
IS THIS HOW WE WANT THE CITIZENS OF MD TO BE LABELED? NOT THIS GUY!
Here is a link to the rest of the article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local...b2ff5a-97d9-11e2-814b-063623d80a60_story.html
