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Tattooed Ladies Of HollywoodANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ)– Maryland First Lady Katie O’Malley issues an apology for calling members of the House of Delegates “cowards” for failing to pass same-sex marriage legislation last year.
Political reporter Pat Warren has more on Judge O’Malley’s statements.
In a written statement, Judge O’Malley said she let her feelings get the better of her.
Sticking up for the governor’s same-sex marriage bill, First Lady Katie O’Malley pointed to delegates who voted against a similar bill last session.
Judge O’Malley told the Conference on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Equality in Baltimore that: “We didn’t expect the things that happened to the House of Delegates to occur, but sadly, they did, and there were some cowards that prevented it from passing.”
There are delegates taking exception to that.
“They’re very angry,” Del. Don Dwyer (R) from Anne Arundel County said. “I can assure you there are many members that are very, very angry.”
The first lady later criticized Dwyer and others in the House for their opposition.
“I’m not sure why he is. Is it a religious thing or is it because he doesn’t think he can get re-elected? I hear a lot of that from legislators like, ‘Well, I’m for it but I might not get re-elected,’ which I think is sort of lame,” O’Malley said.
“Isn’t every politician afraid of not being re-elected?” Dwyer said. “Isn’t that what most politicians live for– just to be re-elected?”
The first lady issued an apology Friday saying: “I regret my recent choice of words at the Creating Change Conference last night. I let my feelings get the better of me. I deeply respect that there are strongly held and differing views on marriage equality in Maryland.”
Despite her regrets, the first lady may have alienated some of the very people the governor was trying to woo.
“I can’t believe it,” Dwyer said. “Honestly, I am shocked and amazed that a sitting judge would make that kind of a statement that would reveal her partiality and her prejudice.”
Dwyer says that since the first lady’s remarks, at least one delegate who was on the fence has now signed on to protect traditional marriage.
Governor O’Malley is scheduled to address the same LGBT conference on Sunday.
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The Voters should decide whether there’s going to be Same Sex Marriage in the State of Maryland. The State elected Democrats are so scared of the Governor they should not be allowed to have this huge responsibility. The Governor doesn’t care about Gay interest, he’s only thinking about his future political aspirations. Let the VOTERS decide.
January 27, 2012 at 3:24 pm | | Report comment
I know the Governor and Katie are talking but all I hear is BLAH< BLAH<BLAH
January 27, 2012 at 3:28 pm | | Report comment
hOW DOES IT EFECT THE KIDS? THERE A LOT OF KIDS THAT DONOT HAVE A FATHER THAT SEEMS TO GO OVER HER HEAD LETS PASS A LAW SO ALL KIDS HAVE TWO PARENTS GAY OR NOT.
January 27, 2012 at 5:20 pm | | Report comment
IS SHE RELATED TO FOOT IN MOUTH BIDEN?
January 27, 2012 at 5:24 pm | | Report comment
They seem to have the same “rictus” of the mouth: an indication of brain malfunction that produces “foul-speech”! Runs in the family generally…
January 28, 2012 at 1:26 am | | Report comment
Not everyone believes as the First Lady of Maryland believes and she has no right to call people cowards for votine the beliefs. That is just rude on her part, to insult people to get them to agree with her.
January 27, 2012 at 8:27 pm | | Report comment
Best judge ever…..and I mean ever…..Seriously…she is
January 27, 2012 at 8:43 pm | | Report comment
yeah, she is such a good judge…….talking about hair and nails from the bench and of course wrist slapping criminals w/ weak sentences. she is stupid and her husband is the biggest crook in MD…….cant wait for them both to be gone
January 27, 2012 at 9:05 pm | | Report comment
Have you ever ever heard the expression,”People get the government that they deserve”? Well the O’Malley administration is proof of that. The damn fools that voted for this work of art we have for a governor are the same ones who will cry bloody murder when all their taxes continue to go up. He wants a 15 cents per gallon gas tax, he wants to almost double the automobile registrations, he wants to tax downloads of apps and music on the Internet. What else is he going to tax?
His wife ought to be ashamed of herself. So if anyone opposes same sex marriage of religious grounds she considers them “cowards”?
I DID NOT VOTE FOR HIM OR HER. She needs to step down from the bench and he should resign the governorship.
January 28, 2012 at 8:33 am | | Report comment
I can’t believe she called people who have a different opinion than her a COWARD. She is a sitting judge it was totally inappropriate for her to make this comment. She should be fired, oooops I forgot, she’s the governor’s wife so that won’t happen. Mrs. O’Malley will learn rather quickly that its a whole lot of cowards in Maryland who do not believe in re-defining marriage. She has just fueled a whole community to work even harder to stop this bill!
January 27, 2012 at 11:22 pm | | Report comment
So what. They are cowards. And I am not going to apologize.
January 28, 2012 at 12:02 am | | Report comment
Really, one person and one comment was all it took to put you over the fence against gay marriage. Now that’s a coward!
January 28, 2012 at 12:05 am | | Report comment
Obiously, you are the one that’s been seating on the “picket” fence of life not knowing if you’re coming or going with a gapping hole in lieu of a mouth!
January 28, 2012 at 1:41 am | | Report comment
Mrs O. sounds like she has regrets….
January 28, 2012 at 1:46 am | | Report comment
She is a JUDGE keep her mouth shut in these matters. Calling people “cowards” in public, I wonder what she calls them in private.
January 28, 2012 at 6:28 am | | Report comment
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So people who have their own independent opinion and disagree with the OMalley gang are cowards.
This is the United States the land of free speech not a banana republic or a dictatorship.
Mrs O Malley needs to be reminded marriage is a between a man and a woman and has been for thousands of years in every country on earth.
Gays ro whatever they call themselves have the right to live with each other thats their business but they have no right to marriage
January 28, 2012 at 10:42 am | | Report comment
Typical bleeding heart liberal Democrats looking for votes.
January 28, 2012 at 10:47 am | | Report comment
I don’t see what she has to apologize for. She told the truth. I say Go Katie. She is saying what a lot of people really wanted to say.
January 28, 2012 at 1:53 pm | | Report comment
Typical of the Owe’Malley’s. The boy wonder and his wife are two peas in a pod. It is way past time he and his wife packed their stuff and got out of dodge. And to all of you lovely bleeding heart liberal brain dead democrats, please stop voting for clowns like this.
January 28, 2012 at 1:59 pm | | Report comment
Katie gurl thinks she’s still on the bench barking commands. These two birds deserve each other. A do nothing governor & an even do less first lady. If this family wasn’t politically connected via daddy in law Curran, they both would be bottom feeders working at Angelos law firm or doing traffic court.
January 30, 2012 at 8:56 am | | Report comment
She calls people cowards when she is on the bench illegally. Read the charter. You are supposed to live where you preside over court.
January 30, 2012 at 9:04 am | | Report comment
Hatie is a bully. explain that is the school kids
January 31, 2012 at 2:56 pm | | Report comment