In both states homosexual leaders are hoping their respective legislatures will do what the courts would not do -- legalize "marriage" for same-sex couples. Both courts said the issue was for the legislative branch, and not the judicial branch, to decide.

Dan Furmansky, executive director of the homosexual activist group Equality Maryland, told The Gazette news service in Maryland he is working to get moderate and conservative Democrats on board supporting "gay marriage." Maryland and Washington have Democratic-controlled legislatures and Democratic governors. ...