{"id":3641,"date":"2014-06-05T11:30:04","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T15:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=3641"},"modified":"2014-06-04T02:18:19","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T06:18:19","slug":"tick-tock-and-the-parrott-flies-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=3641","title":{"rendered":"Tick Tock and the Parrott Flies Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fairness_MD_53114_blog263.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3642 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fairness_MD_53114_blog263.jpg\" alt=\"fairness_MD_53114_blog263\" width=\"263\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a><em>Del. Luke Clippinger, Sen. Rich Madaleno, EqMD&#8217;s President Carrie Evans, EqMD&#8217;s Advocacy Director Keith Thirion<\/em><\/p>\n<p>From a blog post by Marty Rouse of the Human Rights Campaign:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div>The deadline to submit the first third of the required signatures to the Secretary of State was\u00a0<span tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_772768466\">midnight<\/span>\u00a0last night, May 31.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Standing at the Secretary of State&#8217;s office in Annapolis at\u00a0<span tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_772768467\">midnight<\/span>\u00a0key leaders in the effort to pass the law were overjoyed when no one appeared to submit signatures. \u00a0Therefore, the Fairness for All Marylanders Act will go into effect as planned on\u00a0<span tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_772768468\">October 1<\/span>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>HRC was proud to be a leader in the effort to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/entry\/governor-omalley-signs-maryland-transgender-rights-bill\" target=\"_blank\">pass the bill<\/a> along with Equality Maryland and others. \u00a0We also recognize the strong and strategic support from Senator Rich Madaleno and Delegate Luke Clippinger.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>P.S. On a personal note it was very special to be standing in Annapolis at\u00a0<span tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_772768470\">midnight<\/span>\u00a0with others for whom the fight for LGBT equality is more than just politics; it is personal. Why else would we all be standing outside the Secretary of State&#8217;s office at\u00a0<span tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_772768471\">midnight<\/span>? \u00a0For years, it has been my pleasure and honor to get to know Senator Rich Madaleno and Delegate Luke Clippinger. \u00a0Their personal commitment to and leadership on marriage and transgender equality has helped make Maryland a national leader on equality. \u00a0They are dedicated public servants.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Carrie Evans, Executive Director of Equality Maryland, and a former colleague at HRC, has fought hard and smart for LGBT equality for well over a decade. \u00a0Her personal commitment and political savvy has helped make history in Maryland and beyond. \u00a0I&#8217;m honored to be standing alongside such leaders, no matter the hour.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Del. Luke Clippinger, Sen. Rich Madaleno, EqMD&#8217;s President Carrie Evans, EqMD&#8217;s Advocacy Director Keith Thirion From a blog post by Marty Rouse of the Human Rights Campaign: The deadline to submit the first third of the required signatures to the Secretary of State was\u00a0midnight\u00a0last night, May 31. Standing at the Secretary of State&#8217;s office in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=3641\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tick Tock and the Parrott Flies Away<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[664,500,667,665,1504,951,1485,484],"class_list":["post-3641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transgender-rights","tag-carrie-evans","tag-fama","tag-human-rights-campaign","tag-keith-thirion","tag-luke-clippinger","tag-marty-rouse","tag-rich-madaleno","tag-transgender"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4mKJE-WJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3641"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3643,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3641\/revisions\/3643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}