tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084683161249815840.post-65498676127126771962008-05-04T10:38:00.000-07:002008-05-04T10:40:03.391-07:00By Laura Smitherman | Sun reporter<br />The Baltimore Sun<br /><br />Gay and lesbian activists thought they had a friend in <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/politics/government/martin-omalley-PEPLT007459.topic" title="Martin O'Malley" class="taxInlineTagLink" id=" PEPLT007459">Martin O'Malley</a>.<br /><br />As a progressive mayor in Baltimore, O'Malley attended gay pride parades and signed into law a measure to protect transgender people from discrimination. When he ran for governor, he said he supported civil unions and wanted to extend benefits to same-sex partners of state employees, as he had done for city workers.<br /><br />But two years into O'Malley's first term in Annapolis, neither has happened. He largely stayed out of the debate over legal recognition for same-sex unions that fizzled in the General Assembly, and aides say his financially strapped administration probably won't grant benefits for at least another year.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><center><a href="http://www.2015place.com">Visit 2015Place.com</a></center></div>tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13094015641497289970noreply@blogger.com