''In some ways, this could be a back door toward marriage equality. I hold out hope for the day that it's part of our everyday culture here in Maryland, and it's no big deal.''

Montgomery County's Delegate Heather Mizeur, expressing her thoughts on the news that Doug Gansler, Maryland's Attorney General, is planning to release the results of a study about the recognition of gay and lesbian couples who have been legally married in other states. Mizeur is said to have obtained a legal marriage to her wife in California last year. (Baltimore Sun)